On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Joshua Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
>
>> So, we have four potential paths regarding recovery.conf:
>>
>> 1) Break backwards compatibility entirely, and stop supporting recovery.conf as a trigger file at all.
>
> Note that is exactly what I have suggested when using "standby" mode
> from pg_ctl.
>
> But you already know that, since you said "If it's possible to run a
> replica without having a recovery.conf file,
> then I'm fine with your solution", and I already confirmed back to you
> that would be possible.
>
"It's possible to run a replica without having a recovery.conf file"
is not the same thing as "If someone makes a recovery.conf file, it
won't break my operations". AIUI, you are not supporting the latter.
Robert Treat
conjecture: xzilla.net
consulting: omniti.com