Re: New standby_slot_names GUC in PG 17

On Sat, Jun 22, 2024 at 1:49 AM Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2024 at 03:50:00PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> >>>>> Allow specification of physical standbys that must be synchronized
> >>>>> before they are visible to subscribers (Hou Zhijie, Shveta Malik)
> >
> > it seems like the name ought to have some connection to
> > synchronization.  Perhaps something like "synchronized_standby_slots"?
>
> IMHO that might be a bit too close to synchronous_standby_names.
>

Right, but better than the current one. The other possibility could be
wait_for_standby_slots.

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Amit Kapila.