Re: Enable data checksums by default

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
Cc: Tomas Vondra <tomas(at)vondra(dot)me>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(at)eisentraut(dot)org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Enable data checksums by default
Date: 2025-07-30 12:09:47
Message-ID: E37A675A-ABB8-4D1C-821F-3CCD219C06A2@yesql.se
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> On 30 Jul 2025, at 11:58, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 2025-07-29 at 20:24 +0200, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> So, what should we do with the PG18 open item? We (the RMT team) would
>> like to know if we shall keep the checksums enabled by default, and if
>> there's something that still needs to be done for PG18.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion, but I lean towards having them on
> by default.

I agree with that, while there might be a lot of cases where disabling
checksums is the right move it's still a sane default.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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