Re: PG 19 status blog report

On Sat, Sep 19, 2026 at 08:50:05PM +0800, wenhui qiu wrote:
>> The "Default TOAST compression change to lz4" part is incorrect.
>> 34dfca293432 has switched default_toast_compression to lz4 by default
>> if we compile by lz4. What has been reverted is 4f0b3afab4da, which
>> forced --with-lz4 across the buildfarm. So we still have a softer
>> patch in, and using --with-lz4 will enforce a new default.

(The quoting of your previous message was formatted in a weird way,
perhaps you should fix that..)

> Could we enable --with-lz4 by default, just like --with-readline, instead
> of having to specify it explicitly?

I have heavily broken the buildfarm once when attempting that, and
have no plans to attempt the same thing a second time in the
short-term or even middle-term.
--
Michael