Re: Open items

From: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Open items
Date: 2004-08-06 02:38:48
Message-ID: 2cb4ec92c7f81392473a10703a24643e@biglumber.com
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>> It`s not a beta-blocker, but I still need to fix the postgresql.conf.sample
>> file to not use all those commented-out values. Unfortunately, I have not
>> had time to do this. If someone could take of this, it would be most
>> appreciated. See Tom`s notes on some issues involved:
>>
>> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-07/msg00178.php
>>
>> Another reason to make sure this makes it into 8.0 is so that the new
>> group of users does not see the format of the file change from 8.0 to 8.1,
>> but can start right away with the more intuitive format.

> This is too involved a change at this stage. I don't expect
> postgresql.conf to change any more from 7.4->8.0 than from 8.0->8.1 so I
> don't see why this is more critical for this release, and it has too
> many open issues.

Tom's post linked above seems to indicate it might be accepted, but I
will certainly yield to Core's decision. I'm still hoping someone else
will step up to the plate and tackle this: I feel that it would be
nice not to confuse a whole new group of users with commented-out
defaults which may or may not have a relation to the actual setttings. :)

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Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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