Re: Streaming replication and postmaster signaling

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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>> However, HS is already in the tree, and HS without SR is a whole lot
>> less compelling than HS with SR.  So it's going to be pretty
>> unsatisfying if we can't get SR in there.
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> I don't think that's the case. Having HS alone would be a huge win,
> and the sooner we can get it out there the better. Those that are
> waiting for SR might have to wait one more version, but my intuition
> tells me that's a small minority compared to those waiting for HS.

while I agree that HS is very useful without SR, I think that it's 
mostly the well known powerusers inthe community are actively waiting 
for HS and not so much for SR. For the typical user outside of -hackers 
or even -general I'm not so sure about that...


Stefan