Re: Point in time recovery 20020822_01_pitr.patch

Tom Lane wrote:
> "J. R. Nield" <jrnield@usol.com> writes:
> >     * CREATE/DROP database are still unlogged. dbcommands.c needs a
> > re-write to make that possible, since all the file and directory
> > operations will need to be logged, as will the data.
>
> Why don't you log the operations symbolically, viz "create database foo
> with template bar"?  I can't see any reason to insist on a finer level
> of detail than that.
>
>
> Just so you know: my feeling is this is already too late for 7.3.

I understand Tom's concerns.  We have already talked about this on the
phone because we anticipated this may happen.

We are one week from beta.   I think what we should do is to give
everyone a day to look over the patch and submit their ideas about it to
the group.  We can then review the possible scenarios we can take:

    apply and contine to September 1 beta
    apply and delay beta until October 1
    create a patch file against 7.3 for distribution
    wait for 7.4 and do not distribute

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