Re: Logical decoding slots can go backwards when used from SQL, docs are wrong

On 20 August 2016 at 15:04, Petr Jelinek <petr@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> On 20/08/16 16:01, Craig Ringer wrote:
>>
>> On 5 June 2016 at 09:54, David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com
>> <mailto:david.g.johnston@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On Thursday, March 17, 2016, Craig Ringer <craig@2ndquadrant.com
>>     <mailto:craig@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         The first patch was incorrectly created on top of failover slots
>>         not HEAD. Attached patch applies on HEAD.
>>
>>
>>     Lots of logical decoding work ongoing but this one shows as active
>>     in the September cf and the comments by Craig indicate potential
>>     relevance to 9.6.  Is this still live as-is or has it been subsumed
>>     by other threads?
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes. Both those patches are still pending and should be considered for
>> commit in the next CF. (Of course, I think they should just be
>> committed, but I would, wouldn't I?)
>>
>>
>
> I think the doc one should definitely go in and possibly be back-patched all
> the way to 9.4. I didn't look at the other one.

I agree the doc patch should go in, though I suggest reword it
slightly, like attached patch.

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