> specifically about history files being given higher priority for
> archiving. If we go with this change then we'd at least want to rewrite
> or remove those comments, but I don't actually agree that we should
> remove that preference to archive history files ahead of WAL, for the
> reasons brought up previously.
> As was suggested on that subthread, it seems like it should be possible
> to just track the current timeline and adjust what we're doing if the
> timeline changes, and we should even know what the .history file is at
> that point and likely don't even need to scan the directory for it, as
> it'll be the old timeline ID.
I agree, I missed this part. The .history file should be given higher preference.
I will take care of it in the next patch.
Thanks,
Dipesh