Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:44 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-04-30 at 12:22 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> >
>> > (wal_keep_segments can be changed without restarting, right?)
>>
>> Should we allow -1 to mean "keep all segments"?
>
> Why is that not called "max_wal_segments"? wal_keep_segments sounds like
> its been through Google translate.

Because it's not a maximum?

...Robert