Re: XLog changes for 9.3

On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Kevin Grittner
<Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> wrote:
>
>> Anything changing filenames will break every HA config anybody has
>> anywhere.
>
> It will impact our scripts related to backup and archiving, but I
> think we're talking about two or three staff days to cover it in our
> shop.
>
> We should definitely make sure that this change is conspicuously
> noted.  The scariest part is that there will now be files that
> matter with names that previously didn't exist, so lack of action
> will cause failure to capture a usable backup.

But if you're just using regexp matching against pathnames, your tool
will be just fine.  Do your tools actually rely on the occasional
absence of a file in what would otherwise be the usual sequence of
files?

...Robert