On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:42 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 01:41:26PM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote: > > > And no it is at least not well documented. But there are other parts > which > > aren't as well - such as the requirement to actually run pg_stop_backup() > even > > in the case you want to abort a backup, or your next one will fail. > Basically > > the old method is quite fragile and no, we haven't documented that > properly > > previously. > > Well, if the API was in wide use and will be supported for several more > years, we had better document it, no? > > > Absolutely. That was part of that "bigger backup docs rewrite" that hasn't > happened yet, but hopefully will before the final release.
Well, I don't even know the details of the failures, so I can't add that information. Let's get it in there somewhere and I can move it around later.
FYI, I'm not ignoring this request, I've just been insanely busy lately. I definitely plan to get it done, but I won't make it before beta (as should be obvious by now, given the timing). My apologies.