Re: Beta1 announcement: alpha1 draft

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 07:14:22AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> > Damn, which means I need to test mine too.  Where are these changes
> > documented?
>
> The changes are to pg_start/stop_backup and their updated definitions
> can be reviewed here:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/functions-admin.html
>
> Note that it's technically backwards compatible, however, the existing
> exclusive backup approach is bad and may mean that the database doesn't
> automatically recover from a crash which happens while the backup is
> running.  All backup tools should be updated to the new APIs to avoid
> that risk.

Is this risk new?  Is it documented?

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