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 2B1343A4B97 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:17:47 +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 15988-02 for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:17:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DEFA3A4B9A for ; Sun, 14 Nov 2004 00:17:43 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAE0HZs4004066; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:17:36 -0500 (EST) To: Alvaro Herrera Munoz Cc: Robert Treat , Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Documentation of server configuration In-reply-to: <20041113220027.GC12499@dcc.uchile.cl> References: <200411132120.51294.peter_e@gmx.net> <200411131617.26922.xzilla@users.sourceforge.net> <20041113220027.GC12499@dcc.uchile.cl> Comments: In-reply-to Alvaro Herrera Munoz message dated "Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:00:27 -0300" Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:17:35 -0500 Message-ID: <4065.1100391455@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane 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: 200411/23 X-Sequence-Number: 2658 Alvaro Herrera Munoz writes: > On Sat, Nov 13, 2004 at 04:17:26PM -0500, Robert Treat wrote: >> I thought runtime-config was supposed to be ordered in the same order as the >> default postgresql.conf ? > To what end? A lot of people may want to look up parameters without > necessarily looking at postgresql.conf. There was a great deal of effort put into categorizing the runtime parameters just a release or two back. Both runtime.sgml and the postgresql.conf sample file follow that categorization. I'm not sure if Peter is saying he doesn't like the current categorization, or that he doesn't believe in the idea at all. But I don't think "one big list" will fly. regards, tom lane