DOCS - Clarify the publication 'publish_via_partition_root' default value.

From: Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: DOCS - Clarify the publication 'publish_via_partition_root' default value.
Date: 2025-12-11 07:51:47
Message-ID: CAHut+Pu7SpK+ctOYoqYR3V4w5LKc9sCs6c_qotk9uTQJQ4zp6g@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

When reading the docs for the publication parameter
'publish_via_partition_root' [1], I felt there was too much mental
gymnastics required to understand the meaning of "the latter is the
default."

Why not just say clearly what the default value is?

PSA: a patch to do that.

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[1] https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/sql-createpublication.html#SQL-CREATEPUBLICATION-PARAMS-WITH-PUBLISH-VIA-PARTITION-ROOT

Kind Regards,
Peter Smith.
Fujitsu Australia

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