Re: Parsing config files in a directory

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Parsing config files in a directory
Date: 2009-10-27 19:25:57
Message-ID: 28509.1256671557@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> I still think a simple hard coded rule is more useful and than allowing
> sysadmins to specify any regexp or glob and then having modules or
> tools not know what's allowed or not.

Yeah. Considering that the entire argument for this feature is to
simplify matters for automated config tools, I can't understand why
we'd be adding details that complicate life for them without buying
any significant benefit.

regards, tom lane

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