Re: Superuser connect during smart shutdown

On 3/20/15 9:44 AM, Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 10:42 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 03:10:50PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>>>>>> I've certainly objected to it in the past, but I don't
>>>>>> believe I was the only one objecting.
>>>>>
>>>>> What's your feeling now?
>>>>
>>>> I'm prepared to yield on the point.
>>>
>>> OK, are we up for changing the default pg_ctl shutdown method for
>>> 9.5, ("smart" to "fast"), or should we wait for 9.6?
>>
>> I'm up for it.  I think it's long overdue.
>
> +1

+1, but I also like the idea of allowing SU to connect during a smart 
shutdown. Even if you've intentionally chosen smart instead of fast it 
still sucks that you can't find out what's actually holding things up 
(and ps isn't that great a solution).
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