Re: Default mode for shutdown

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>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Default mode for shutdown
Date: 2010-12-15 14:47:08
Message-ID: 5178.1292424428@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Really? Personally I'm quite happy with that default.

> Why? It seems to me that just leads to, oh, gee, the database isn't
> shutting down, where's the window where I failed to exit a session?

Yeah, and more to the point, do I want to finish whatever I was doing in
that window? Fast-by-default is a nice hammer to swing, but one day
you'll pound your finger.

regards, tom lane

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