On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 13 June 2012 19:28, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> This adds a new configuration parameter multimaster_node_id which determines
>> the id used for wal originating in one cluster.
>
> Looks good and it seems this aspect at least is commitable in this CF.
>
> Design decisions I think we need to review are
>
> * Naming of field. I think origin is the right term, borrowing from Slony.
I have not read too deeply here, so maybe I am missing
some important detail here, but idea that users need
to coordinate a integer config parameter globally does not
sound too attractive to me.
Why not limit integers to local storage only and map
them to string idents on config, UI and transport?
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marko