Re: PITR Archive Recovery plus WIP PITR

Please ignore- seems some old mail of mine got sent waaay late...

Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>>             regards, tom lane
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