Re: Should we remove "not fast" promotion at all?

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:

>> I think "promote" file should trigger the fast promotion, and
>> the filename to trigger the slow mode should be called
>> "fallback_promote" or "safe_promote" or something like that.
>> There wasn't any good reason to change the filename primarily
>> used. It might even break people's scripts for no good reason,
>> if people are creating the $PGDATA/promote file themselves
>> without using pg_ctl.
>
> +1.

+1  Changing it has risk with no associated benefit that I can see.
 
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