Re: Loaded footgun open_datasync on Windows

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Loaded footgun open_datasync on Windows
Date: 2018-06-01 12:03:57
Message-ID: 20180601120357.GB9004@paquier.xyz
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On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 11:43:33AM +0200, Laurenz Albe wrote:
> I am worried that there might be loads of Windows installations out there happily
> running productive databases with an unsafe setup, so I'd even suggest backpatching
> such a change.

This is not only your imagination, there are deployments doing so, for
the sole reasons that the default values are "safe" :)

I would be all for it for changing the default value on HEAD to a safe
value as well as the back-branches.
--
Michael

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