Re: speed up a logical replica setup

On 08.11.23 00:12, Michael Paquier wrote:
> - Should the subdirectory pg_basebackup be renamed into something more
> generic at this point?  All these things are frontend tools that deal
> in some way with the replication protocol to do their work.  Say
> a replication_tools?

Seems like unnecessary churn.  Nobody has complained about any of the 
other tools in there.

> - And if it would be better to refactor some of the code generic to
> all these streaming tools to fe_utils.  What makes streamutil.h a bit
> less pluggable are all its extern variables to control the connection,
> but perhaps that can be an advantage, as well, in some cases.

Does anyone outside of pg_basebackup + existing friends + new friend 
need that?  Seems like extra complications.