Re: Better support of exported snapshots with pg_dump - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Better support of exported snapshots with pg_dump
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Msg-id CAB7nPqSUbT59OEX-9C0VsaKCS+t8dAx6ZJ5qgo4EF0Y-Lk8v-w@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Better support of exported snapshots with pg_dump  (Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 2:46 PM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> This seems more user-friendly. But well I agree that we could do
> a larger set of things that could be used for even other purposes:
> - Ability to define snapshot name with pg_dump
> - Take system or database-wide lock
> - Extra client application running the whole
> Now is this set of features worth doing knowing that export snapshot has
> been designed for multi-threaded closed applications? Not much sure.
> Regards,

What do you mean with "designed for multi-threaded closed applications"?
External snapshots creation and control should be localized within dedicated client applications only. At least that's what I understand from it as that's how it is used now.
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Michael

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