[Freeipa-devel] [PATCH 0291] Limit max age of replication changelog

[Mark Reynolds]

On 07/20/2015 11:24 AM, Rob Crittenden wrote:
> Martin Basti wrote:
>> https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/5086
>>
>> Patch attached.
>
> Is this going to be a shock on upgrades for people who until now may 
> be relying on the fact that there is no limit?
Just throwing my 2 cents in.  The replication changelog is not something 
that can typically be used externally, unlike the retro changelog.  It's 
really a blackbox to the outside world.  The risk of setting a changelog 
max age depends on how long any replica has been down for.  So if the 
max age is set to 7 days, and a replica has been down for more than 7 
days, then when it comes online it will not be able to catch up with the 
other active replicas and it will need to be reinitialized.

Mark
>
> Should there be a way for an admin to manage this, via the config 
> module perhaps?
>
> IMHO this is a significant change and red flags need to be raised so 
> users are aware of it.
>
> rob
>