Re: location of the configuration files

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: mlw <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com>
Cc: Martin Coxall <coxall(at)cream(dot)org>, Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com>, Peter Bierman <bierman(at)apple(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: location of the configuration files
Date: 2003-02-15 16:00:11
Message-ID: 16303.1045324811@sss.pgh.pa.us
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mlw <pgsql(at)mohawksoft(dot)com> writes:
> I would really like to push back this whole discussion to adding the
> ability the flexibility to configure PostgreSQ as opposed to determining
> a specific configuration strategy.

> Adding the ability is easy. Let the distros determine their strategy.
> Trying to enforce one way over another will make this continue on
> forever and will never be solved.

I agree that we shouldn't be in the business of dictating choices.

But it is important to examine what the plausible choices are, so that
we can be sure the solution we provide will accommodate all of them.
So I don't think this part of the thread has been useless.

regards, tom lane

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