On 2015-07-29 09:17:04 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On 29 July 2015 at 09:09, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:
> > The point of using a temporary slot is to not have a
> > leftover slot afterwards, reserving resources. Especially important if
> > the basebackup actually failed...
> >
>
> Creating a slot and then deleting it if the session disconnects does not
> successfully provide the functionality desired above.
Uh? If you create the slot, start streaming, and then start the
basebackup, it does. It does *not* guarantee that the base backup can be
converted into a replica, but it's sufficient to guarantee it can
brought out of recovery.