Re: 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: Re: DOCS - Clarify the publication 'publish_via_partition_root' default value.
Date: 2025-12-11 20:22:07
Message-ID: CAHut+PuhN_5ymj6u4D7bk+F3FxdRo7dmnVDKcdM9vt3XVuHQKw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Dec 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> 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.

Here is the patch accidentally omitted from the last post.

>
> ======
> [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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