On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 11:34:34PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 01:20:05PM +0900, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
>> > On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 01:52:53PM +0900, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
>> > >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 12:34 PM, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com> wrote:
>> > >> > On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 07:25:28PM +0900, Fujii Masao wrote:
>> > >> >> As I told firstly this is not a bug. There are some proposals for better design
>> > >> >> of priority column in pg_stat_replication, but we've not reached the consensus
>> > >> >> yet. So I think that it's better to move this open item to "Design Decisions to
>> > >> >> Recheck Mid-Beta" section so that we can hear more opinions.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I'm reading that some people want to report NULL priority, some people want to
>> > >> > report a constant 1 priority, and nobody wants the current behavior. Is that
>> > >> > an accurate summary?
>> > >>
>> > >> Yes, I think that's correct.
>> > >
>> > > Okay, but ...
>> > >
>> > >> FWIW the reason of current behavior is that it would be useful for the
>> > >> user who is willing to switch from ANY to FIRST. They can know which
>> > >> standbys will become sync or potential.
>> > >
>> > > ... does this mean you personally want to keep the current behavior? If not,
>> > > has some other person stated a wish to keep the current behavior?
>> >
>> > No, I want to change the current behavior. IMO it's better to set
>> > priority 1 to all standbys in quorum set. I guess there is no longer
>> > person who supports the current behavior.
>>
>> In that case, this open item is not eligible for section "Design Decisions to
>> Recheck Mid-Beta". That section is for items where we'll probably change
>> nothing, but we plan to recheck later just in case. Here, we expect to change
>> the behavior; the open question is which replacement behavior to prefer.
>>
>> Fujii, as the owner of this open item, you are responsible for moderating the
>> debate until there's adequate consensus to make a particular change or to keep
>> the current behavior after all. Please proceed to do that. Beta testers
>> deserve a UI they may like, not a UI you already plan to change later.
>
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Okay, so our consensus is to always set the priorities of sync standbys
to 1 in quorum-based syncrep case. Attached patch does this change.
Barrying any objection, I will commit this.
I will commit something to close this open item by April 28th at the latest
(IOW before my vacation starts).
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
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