Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: "Joshua Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Robert Treat" <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "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: 2008-08-20 08:05:57
Message-ID: 937d27e10808200105x7c128b06p4fb6c458d6bf207d@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:34 -0400
> Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>> > On idea is for postgresql.conf to merely include other files:
>> > include 'sharedmem.conf'
>> > include 'compat.conf'
>> > ...
>>
>> That would definitely add complexity ... what would it buy in return?
>
> I am not arguing for this but if we went down that route it does buy us
> the ability to compartmentalize the entire conf.. so you have:
>
> memory_settings.conf
> logging.conf
> maintenance.conf

Would make it damn hard for pgAdmin to figure out how to edit the
config though. That's why we only support single-file configs atm.

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Dave Page
EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com

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