Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
I am going to ask this again since I did not get 
a reply last time.  Perhaps someone who overlooked 
my question could answer it this time? :)
If node B goes down while node A is still primary, 
should it not be possible to keep track of the fact 
that node B is now outdated on node A?  This way, 
if node A goes down while node B is still down, 
when node A comes back up it should know that it 
can safely proceed to primary without waiting for 
node B to return.
If the cluster was degraded when node A went down, 
it should be able to continue to operate degraded 
safely when node A comes backup right?  Is there 
anything wrong with this logic?  Are there 
currently any mechanisms to do this?  Would you
consider implementing this in drbd?
Thanks,
-Martin