On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote: > Implement backup API functions for non-exclusive backups > > Previously non-exclusive backups had to be done using the replication protocol > and pg_basebackup. With this commit it's now possible to make them using > pg_start_backup/pg_stop_backup as well, as long as the backup program can > maintain a persistent connection to the database. > > Doing this, backup_label and tablespace_map are returned as results from > pg_stop_backup() instead of being written to the data directory. This makes > the server safe from a crash during an ongoing backup, which can be a problem > with exclusive backups. > > The old syntax of the functions remain and work exactly as before, but since the > new syntax is safer this should eventually be deprecated and removed. > > Only reference documentation is included. The main section on backup still needs > to be rewritten to cover this, but since that is already scheduled for a separate > large rewrite, it's not included in this patch. > > Reviewed by David Steele and Amit Kapila
We've typically tried to keep the width of commit messages narrow enough that 'git log' looks OK in an 80-character window; this one is wide enough that it doesn't.
Huh. It would appear I've somehow screwed up the commit-message-mode that is supposed to warn me about that.
