On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Failover Slots > In the current patch, any slot defined on a master will generate WAL, > leading to a pending-slot being present on all standby nodes. When a standby > is promoted, the slot becomes usable and will have the properties as of the > last fsync on the master.
No objection to the concept, but I think the new behavior needs to be optional. I am guessing that you are thinking along similar lines, but it's not explicitly called out here.
I was unsure myself; but making them optional seems reasonable.
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