[Dbix-class] Review needed for proposed Pg replication enhancement

[Dave Howorth]

On 2016-04-22 10:13, Peter Rabbitson wrote:
> Greetings!
>
> I am sending this to the list, but I specifically want to hear from Bill
> Moseley, as I know they (used to) run an involved Pg replicated setup.
>
> There is a proposal to "bless" the Pg 9.0 hot-standby replication into
> the core DBIC::Storage::DBI::Pg driver:
> https://github.com/dbsrgits/dbix-class/pull/103/files
>
> The patch itself is small and straightforward. But given this is a
> one-way change (we can't un-bless it once it ships) I want to ask the
> thoughts of any existing users.

I know very little about this, so apologies if I am speaking out of 
turn. Is the code safe in the sense it will work if applied to an older 
PG that does not know about replication?

The patch itself would be a little larger if it included some tests and 
documentation.

Cheers, Dave

> This "request for comments" will be open for about a week, so please do
> speak up sooner rather than later.
>
> Cheers