Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process

On 2019-Aug-30, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> Attached is an updated patch for this.  I have changed the initdb option
> name per suggestion.  The WAL receiver is now started concurrently with
> the base backup.  There is progress reporting (ps display), fsyncing.
> Configuration files are not copied anymore.  There is a simple test
> suite.  Tablespace support is still missing, but it would be
> straightforward.

This is an amazing feature.  How come we don't have people cramming to
review this?

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