Re: pg_start_backup() takes too long

On Tue, 2008-09-30 at 12:58 +0400, Ivan Zolotukhin wrote:

> Just a few points on pg_start_backup() from user point of view. I
> personally would prefer to have some control over the process, e.g. it
> would be nice to have proposed pg_start_backup(label text,
> immediate_chkpt boolean).

I've added this function to Infrastructure Changes for Recovery (v8)
patch, with a NOTICE message as suggested also. Seemed easier to work on
it while I was there.

No changes to bgwriter smoothing.

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