On 2020/03/23 23:55, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:36 AM Fujii Masao
> <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
>> If we would like to have the promotion method to finish recovery
>> immediately, IMO we should implement something like
>> "pg_ctl promote -m fast". That is, we need to add new method into
>> the promotion.
>
> I think 'immediate' would be a better choice. One reason is that we've
> used the term 'fast promotion' in the past for a different feature.
> Another is that 'immediate' might sound slightly scary to people who
> are familiar with what 'pg_ctl stop -mimmediate' does. And you want
> people doing this to be just a little bit scared: not too scared, but
> a little scared.
+1
When I proposed the feature five years before, I used "immediate"
as the option value.
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Regards,
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Fujii Masao
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