Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)
Date: 2012-04-29 15:08:41
Message-ID: 23408.1335712121@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On fre, 2012-04-27 at 14:57 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I think there is no point at all in having a discussion about this
>> unless we can first agree that the overwhelming majority of people who
>> have commented on this issue on this list are unhappy with the current
>> default behavior. If we are not going to change the default behavior,
>> then there is zero point in talking about this.

> Have you reviewed the previous discussions where changing the default
> behavior was discussed and rejected? I don't like the current default
> any more than you do, but without any new arguments, there is, as you
> say, zero point in talking about this.

Perhaps I've forgotten something, but I only recall debates about
switching the default to a different one of the existing shutdown modes.
The new material here is the proposal for a new mode.

regards, tom lane

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