On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 09:14 -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 17:09 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 18:34 -0500, Rutherdale, Will wrote:
> > > Thanks very much, Steve.
>
> > Yes, everything you need for log shipping has been contributed to the
> > main project. If you read things elsewhere, please refer closely to the
> > docs which are the most accurate source of detail.
>
> I think this statement is misleading. The only thing core contains is
> the ability to use a bunch of utilities (with the exception of
> pg_standby) that aren't in core to provide log shipping.
True, we rely on the existence of rsync, scp etc.. and go to great pains
to provide as much choice as possible.
If you think other things are required you are welcome to contribute
them so they can be verified fault free by the community.
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