On 2020-Jun-24, Andres Freund wrote:
> As I said before, I've utilized being able to do both over a single
> connection (among others to initialize a logical replica using a base
> backup). And I've seen at least one other codebase (developed without my
> input) doing so. I really don't understand how you just dismiss this
> without any sort of actual argument. Yes, those uses can be fixed to
> reconnect with a different replication parameter, but that's code that
> needs to be adjusted and it requires adjustments to pg_hba.conf etc.
>
> And obviously you'd lock out older versions of jdbc, and possibly other
> drivers.
Well, I had understood that you were talking from a hypothetical
position, not that you were already using the thing that way. After
these arguments, I agree to leave things alone, and nobody else seems to
be arguing in that direction, so I'll mark the open item as closed.
Thanks,
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