Re: pg_recvlogical cannot create slots with failover=true - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org> wrote:
>
> On 07.04.25 21:15, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> > On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM Zhijie Hou (Fujitsu)
> > <houzj.fnst@fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, Apr 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >>> Thank you for updating the patch! Pushed with small cosmetic changes.
> >>
> >> Thanks for pushing the feature !
> >>
> >> I noticed one typo in the doc and here is a tiny patch to fix it.
> >>
> >> -        The <option>--two-phase</option> and <option>--falover</option> options
> >> +        The <option>--two-phase</option> and <option>--failover</option> options
> >
> > Thank you for the report and the patch! Pushed.
>
> I wonder if the option name --failover is ideal.  To me, it sounds like
> an action "do a failover!".  Also consider that pg_recvlogical has other
> action options such as --start and --create-slot, so it sounds a bit
> like those.

Fair point.

> Maybe something like --enable-failover would be better?

Sounds better, but probably the --two-phase option has the same issue?


Regards,

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