On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 10:15 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Not sure why this hasn't being applied yet for 8.3
>
> Because it doesn't fix the problem ... which is that the postmaster
> kills the archiver (and the stats collector too) at what is now the
> wrong point in the shutdown sequence.
The original bug report states the problem as being that the archiver
stays for a noticeable period after postmaster shutdown. My patch fixes
that very safely.
It doesn't fix your request for redesign, which I accept is still
pending and I've explained why.
I don't see any reason to leave the original problem hanging just
because the fix isn't as wide as we might really like.
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Simon Riggs
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