| From: | "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Open items |
| Date: | 2004-08-06 16:36:23 |
| Message-ID: | 20040806133553.J80911@ganymede.hub.org |
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On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> Is this the proper item description?
>
>> * Remove comments on postgresql.conf variables
>
> It could easily be taken to mean removing this:
>
> #authentication_timeout = 60 # 1-600, in seconds
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> rather than the leading #. I'd suggest
>
> * Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
>
> By not showing commented-out variables, we will discourage
> people from thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it
> to its default.
That works ... then it implies that there are just no defaults, which,
IMHO, would definitely cause less confusion :)
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