Re: [PATCH] Document wal_compression=on

From: John Naylor <johncnaylorls(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Document wal_compression=on
Date: 2026-06-29 10:41:27
Message-ID: CANWCAZYpQwgs61EF6NO_5L3V0cMZbwPBr15dE13V7Uu8cJ0DsQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> wrote:
>
> The docs currently don't say what wal_compression=on is, so here is a
> patch.

+1 for documenting this.

+ The value <literal>on</literal> is a deprecated alias for
<literal>pglz</literal>.

"deprecated" implies we may remove it someday. I don't think we'd gain
from doing that, but we could instead call 'on' a "historical
spelling" of 'pglz'.

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John Naylor
Amazon Web Services

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