Re: Remove Deprecated Exclusive Backup Mode

On 11/27/18 10:29 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 27/11/2018 16:02, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> They're also the sort of installations which don't have reliable backups
>> and don't have any clue about the danger they are in due to the current
>> bug/issue/whatever we have with exclusive backups.
>>
>> No, I don't agree that it's sensible to continue to march on as if
>> nothing is wrong.
> 
> It's fair to argue that this facility is broken and needs to be removed.
>  But that needs to be its own argument.

I believe I made this argument in the OP.

> The argument in this subthread is that since we're already making
> changes in an adjacent area, removing this feature will have a low impact.

Fair enough, but I think the argument against exclusive backups stands
on its own.  Also, I don't see backup and restore as adjacent.  I see
them as thoroughly intertwined.

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-David
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