Re: Reword docs of feature "Remove temporary files after backend crash"

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>, Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com>, Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Reword docs of feature "Remove temporary files after backend crash"
Date: 2022-04-01 13:42:36
Message-ID: 6B3AF85B-0F1B-45E0-9D6E-203BB059BF4C@yesql.se
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> On 12 Oct 2021, at 08:40, Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Here's a v2 patch that I could come up with. Please review it further.

+ debugging, for example. Repeated crashes may however result in
+ accumulation of useless files. This parameter can only be set in the

I think "useless" is a bit too strong and subjective given that it's describing
an unknown situation out of the ordinary. How about "outdated" or "redundant"
(or something else entirely which is even better)?

> I've also made a CF entry - https://commitfest.postgresql.org/35/3356/

This has been sitting the CF for quite some time, time to make a decision on
it. I think it makes sense, having detailed docs around debugging is rarely a
bad thing. Does anyone else have opinions?

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Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/

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