Re: Streaming replication and postmaster signaling

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> I like Andres' suggestion upthread of setting a deadline and
> determining to bounce the patch if it's not committed by that date.
> If it turns out we have to bounce it, that stinks, but I don't think
> it makes sense to go to beta with a huge, barely-tested pile of code
> in the tree.  Not that the testing Heikki and Fujii Masao have been
> doing until now hasn't been good, but it's not nearly as rigorous as
> what we will get when all of our users start banging on it.

This argument would hold more water if there weren't *already* a huge,
barely-tested pile of code in the tree, namely HS.  If you think that's
anywhere near ready to go to beta, I'm afraid I'd better disillusion
you immediately.
        regards, tom lane