Re: Simplifying "standby mode"

Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
>>> My memory is lousy at the best of times, but when have we had a minor 
>>> release that would have broken this due to changed format?

>> Not often, which is why I mention the possibility of having
>> interoperating minor release levels at all. If it was common, I'd just
>> put a blanket warning on doing that.

> I don't know that it's happened in the past but I wouldn't be surprised.
> Consider that the bug being fixed in the point release may well be a bug in
> WAL log formatting. 

This would be the exception, not the rule, and should not be documented
as if it were the rule.  It's not really different from telling people
to expect a forced initdb at a minor release: you are simply
misrepresenting the project's policy.
        regards, tom lane