On 2020/07/02 2:18, David Steele wrote:
> On 7/1/20 10:54 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On 2020-Jul-01, Fujii Masao wrote:
>>
>>> On 2020/07/01 12:26, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>>> On 2020-Jun-30, Fujii Masao wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I talked about max_slot_wal_keep_size as new feature in v13
>>>>> at the conference, I received the question like "Why are the units of
>>>>> setting values in max_slot_wal_keep_size and wal_keep_segments different?"
>>>>> from audience. That difference looks confusing for users and
>>>>> IMO it's better to use the same unit for them. Thought?
>>>>
>>>> Do we still need wal_keep_segments for anything?
>>>
>>> Yeah, personally I like wal_keep_segments because its setting is very
>>> simple and no extra operations on replication slots are necessary.
>>
>> Okay. In that case I +1 the idea of renaming to wal_keep_size.
>
> +1 for renaming to wal_keep_size.
I attached the patch that renames wal_keep_segments to wal_keep_size.
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION