Re: Thomas Munro 2016-08-21 <CAEepm=0EQvwhFih7wZ+cHL=UJDvF4KSe0thw1gPEY-ga3DcvmQ@mail.gmail.com>
> Right, we could just add it to guc.c after "on", so that you can "SET
> synchronous_commit TO remote_flush", but then "SHOW
> synchronous_commit" returns "on".
>
> The problem I was thinking about was this: if you add "remote_flush"
> before "on" in guc.c, then "SHOW ..." will return "remote_flush",
> which would be really helpful for users trying to understand what
> syncrep is actually doing; but it would probably confuse single node
> users and async replication users.
Maybe "flush" would work, given it applies locally and on the remote
side? (And "local" could be "local_flush"...?)
Christoph