Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A68502E010E for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:42:45 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 89791-04 for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:42:39 -0400 (AST) Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (main2.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.140]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4346E2E00CA for ; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:42:38 -0400 (AST) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=crankycanuck.ca) by main2.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1J25Nc-00020D-80 for pgsql-admin@postgresql.org; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:42:36 -0500 Received: by crankycanuck.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 480EC50476; Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:42:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:42:31 -0500 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Dangerous hint in the PostgreSQL manual Message-ID: <20071211134231.GL26741@crankycanuck.ca> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Sullivan , pgsql-admin@postgresql.org References: <20071210162612.a9y113hzjkookooc@webmail.kwsoft.de> <20071210204750.GA22340@crankycanuck.ca> <20071211092338.3vsx57ymsswsckw0@webmail.kwsoft.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071211092338.3vsx57ymsswsckw0@webmail.kwsoft.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200712/50 X-Sequence-Number: 27567 On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 09:23:38AM +0100, Listaccount wrote: > I don't want to start the discussion what is the rigth thing todo, Then you shouldn't ask here. The manual was changed to say what it does after considerable community discussion. In my view, the Linux kernel's behaviour is completely unacceptable, and exactly the sort of amateur design foolishness that people are complaining about when they say Linux is a toy. > What i would like to see in the documentation is the easy hint to > check if you get i trouble with this setting so one can prepare.