Re: PITR Archive Recovery plus WIP PITR

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > what's not (yet)
> >> - Timelines...though I think they are useful, they may not be critical
>
> > I am not fond of the timeline idea, especially for 7.5.  Let's get usage
> > cases submitted first.  I can imagine timelines as causing significant
> > confusion during restore, which is the last thing we want to do.
>
> I think that judgment is exactly backward.  *Not* having timelines is
> what will cause serious and possibly fatal mistakes during restore:
> people will hand the wrong xlog files to restore and the software will
> be unable to recognize the inconsistency.
>
> We really need to get this right the first time.

I assume they could just restore from backup and try again.

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