Re: [PATCH] force_parallel_mode and GUC categories

On Thu, Apr 8, 2021 at 10:17:18PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 10:50:53AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 03, 2021 at 08:25:46PM -0500, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > Forking this thread
> > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20210403154336.GG29125%40momjian.us
> >
> > Didn't see this one, thanks for forking.
> >
> > - {"force_parallel_mode", PGC_USERSET, QUERY_TUNING_OTHER,
> > + {"force_parallel_mode", PGC_USERSET, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
> > And not this one either, as it is mainly a planner thing, like the
> > other parameters in the same area.
>
> This is the main motive behind the patch.
>
> Developer options aren't shown in postgresql.conf.sample, which it seems like
> sometimes people read through quickly, setting a whole bunch of options that
> sound good, sometimes including this one. And in the best case they then ask
> on -performance why their queries are slow and we tell them to turn it back off
> to fix their issues. This changes to no longer put it in .sample, and calling
> it a "dev" option seems to be the classification and mechanism by which to do
> that.

+1

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