On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Albe Laurenz <laurenz.albe@wien.gv.at> wrote:
> Michael Paquier wrote:
>>>> The docs mention that "all WAL files" preceding a given point are
>>>> removed, personally I understand that as "all 16MB-size segments shall
>>>> die", hence excluding backup and history files from the stack. But one
>>>> may understand that "WAL files" means everything in pg_xlog, so as
>>>> something that includes backup and history files. Perhaps we would
>>>> gain in clarity by saying "WAL file segments, including .partial
>>>> segments" in the docs, and not just "WAL files". Thoughts?
>>>
>>> It might help to add:
>>> "Timeline history files and backup history files are not deleted."
>>
>> Something among those lines?
>
>> + <para>
>> + WAL file segments and WAL file segments with <literal>.partial</literal>
>> + are deleted, while timeline history files and backup history files are not.
>> + </para>
>
> "WAL file segments with .partial" sounds strange.
> What about "WAL file segments (including partial ones) are deleted, while ..."?
Does that look better?
--
Michael