Re: bgwriter never dies

Jan Wieck <JanWieck@Yahoo.com> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> I don't think we want that.  IMHO the preferred behavior if the
>> postmaster crashes should be like a "smart shutdown" --- you don't spawn
>> any more backends (obviously) but existing backends should be allowed to
>> run until their clients exit.  That's how things have always worked
>> anyway...

> ... In the case of a postmaster crash, I think 
> something in the system is so wrong that I'd prefer an immediate shutdown.

Surely some other people have opinions on this?  Hello out there?
        regards, tom lane