Re: Should we remove a fallback promotion? take 2 - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: Should we remove a fallback promotion? take 2
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Msg-id CA+TgmobSvv0o26672FW3A2W6=oR-uKFqCQ7Ag7ecft2RoeEO5A@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Should we remove a fallback promotion? take 2  (Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com>)
Responses Re: Should we remove a fallback promotion? take 2
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On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 8:48 AM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
> We discussed the $SUBJECT six years ago at the following thread.
> https://postgr.es/m/CAHGQGwGYkF+CvpOMdxaO=+aNAzc1Oo9O4LqWo50MxpvFj+0VOw@mail.gmail.com
>
> Seems our consensus at that discussion was to leave a fallback
> promotion for a release or two for debugging purpose or as
> an emergency method because fast promotion might have
> some issues, and then to remove it later. Now, more than six years
> have already passed since that discussion. Is there still
> any reason to keep a fallback promotion? If nothing, I'd like to
> drop it from v13.

Seems reasonable, but it would be better if people proposed these
kinds of changes closer to the beginning of the release cycle rather
than in the crush at the end.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company



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