Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Subject: Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf
Date: 2008-08-19 19:38:07
Message-ID: 200808192238.07430.peter_e@gmx.net
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On Tuesday 19 August 2008 22:12:47 Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> moving the documentation further away from it is the wrong idea,
> especially if it means firing up a web browser to do so.

I can see that argument, but I think we can quite simply solve it if we
provide a plain-text version of the configuration chapter of the
documentation. You can easily grep that in a second window and don't have to
be in-your-face to users who just want to edit the settings.

> Text space is cheap,

I'd offer the alternative theory that anything that is longer than one screen
is overwhelming and unwieldy.

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