Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> Those confusing things are options and I want them to remain optional,
> not compressed into a potentially too simple model based upon how the
> world looks right now.

What are you arguing is too simple?  What *I* think is too simple is
what we have got now, namely a GUC that controls both the availability
of replication connections and the contents of WAL.
        regards, tom lane