Re: stats_block_level

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 12:33 -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> > > > I agree. Let's remove stats_start_collector and merge the other two
> > > > into a single setting. Anything more than that is overkill.
> > >
> > > So what are we going to call the one surviving GUC variable?
> >
> > "collect_stats"
>
> In the patch recently submitted, I opted for stats_collection.

I think we tend to give emphasis to the verb rather than the noun, e.g.
redirect_stderr, log_connections.

FWIW I just noticed we have a variable named "krb_caseins_users" which I
think is not such a great name for it. Prolly best to change it now
while it's still in the oven.

> Methinks it should be: stats_<something>, so that people find it in the
> same place as stats_query_string, which is still there.

Hum, but the order in postgresql.conf is arbitrary, right?

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