Re: New trigger option of pg_standby

On Fri, 2009-03-27 at 13:19 +0100, Guillaume Smet wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 12:56 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> >>
> >> If we go with this, I would suggest we make *neither* the default by
> >> removing -t, and adopting two new options: something like -f == fast
> >> failover, -p == patient failover.
> >
> > -m smart|fast|immediate :-)
> 
> The advantage of having 2 options (or the ability to put a string
> value in the trigger file) is that you can choose the behaviour when
> you need to trigger it (you just have to use the 2 options with 2
> different filenames). I don't think it's the case with your proposal.

Yes, sorry. I meant we should use the naming Peter suggests.

So we would have two triggers, but call them fast and smart, rather than
fast and patient.

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