Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <postgres(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Subject: Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf
Date: 2008-08-19 18:39:39
Message-ID: 200808192139.41408.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Tuesday 19 August 2008 19:12:16 Tom Lane wrote:
> Well, why not just make a one-eighty and say that the default
> postgresql.conf is *empty* (except for whatever initdb puts into it)?

Well, my original implementation of GUC had an empty default configuration
file, which was later craptaculated to its current form based on seemingly
popular demand. I am very happy to work back toward the empty state, and
there appears to be growing support for that.

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