Re: New trigger option of pg_standby

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> If we go with this, I would suggest we make *neither* the default by
>> removing -t, and adopting two new options: something like -f == fast
>> failover, -p == patient failover.

> -m smart|fast|immediate :-)

+1 for using a "-m something" type of syntax instead of having to try to
pick single-letter switches that are mnemonic for the different cases.
But -1 to those particular mode names --- I think it will invite
confusion with pg_ctl's behavior.
        regards, tom lane