| From: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: [PATCH 02/14] Add support for a generic wal reading facility dubbed XLogReader |
| Date: | 2012-12-11 20:10:32 |
| Message-ID: | CA+Tgmob+gjZ6snKK+XM-Fgj6g2kngxGQWiFA8L2_6hiVOF-=Ww@mail.gmail.com |
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> * How about we move pg_xlogdump to contrib? It doesn't feel like the kind of
>> essential tool that deserves to be in src/bin.
>
> contrib would be fine, but I think src/bin is better. There have been
> quite some bugs by now where it would have been useful to have a
> reliable xlogdump in core so its really installed.
I think I'm with Heikki on this one. Dumping xlog data is useful, but
it's really for developers and troubleshooters, not something we
expect people to do on a regular basis, so contrib seems appropriate.
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Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
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