Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: Proposed Windows-specific change: Enable crash dumps (like core files)
Date: 2010-11-22 14:49:17
Message-ID: 25727.1290437357@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> However, I am not clear what benefit we get from moving this into core
> in 9.1. If it's still going to require a full postmaster restart, the
> GUC you have to change may as well be shared_preload_libraries as a
> new one.

+1. I am not in favor of randomly repackaging functionality, unless
there's some clear benefit gained by doing so. In this case it seems
like something that could and should remain at arm's length forever,
so a contrib module is the ideal packaging.

regards, tom lane

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