X-Original-To: pgsql-docs-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCEEE3A47F4 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:06:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 13037-04 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:06:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fetter.org (dsl092-188-065.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.92.188.65]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 236FD3A4219 for ; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:06:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fetter.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by fetter.org (8.13.1/8.12.10) with ESMTP id iAFJ6RSi009781; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:06:27 -0800 Received: (from shackle@localhost) by fetter.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iAFJ6Qqf009780; Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:06:26 -0800 Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:06:26 -0800 From: David Fetter To: Peter Eisentraut Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Documentation of server configuration Message-ID: <20041115190626.GB9551@fetter.org> References: <200411132120.51294.peter_e@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200411132120.51294.peter_e@gmx.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200411/40 X-Sequence-Number: 2675 On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 09:20:51PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > I've just spent a day working through the current set of server > configuration parameters, and I think that the documentation at > has > reached its peak of unusability. I haven't been able to find a single > parameter all day except by using a text search over the file. My thoughts, hardly original, are: 1. Now is not the time to do massive re-arranging, 2. We should provide an alphabetized grand list with links in some obvious place. I am volunteering to do said list & linking :) Cheers, D -- David Fetter david@fetter.org http://fetter.org/ phone: +1 510 893 6100 mobile: +1 415 235 3778 Remember to vote!