Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 742522E00BB for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:54:15 -0300 (ADT) Received: from developer.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19447-03-2 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:54:01 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46ED92E0103 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 12:49:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m55FnIu7015893; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 11:49:18 -0400 (EDT) To: "Heikki Linnakangas" cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS In-reply-to: <48478D8F.1030006@enterprisedb.com> References: <17932.1212415926@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080604131810.GH65238@decibel.org> <4846A483.8000001@pse-consulting.de> <29525.1212613052@sss.pgh.pa.us> <48472E47.7030701@dunslane.net> <7473.1212625397@sss.pgh.pa.us> <20080605011455.GF14498@yugib.highrise.ca> <20080605023720.GG14498@yugib.highrise.ca> <48478D8F.1030006@enterprisedb.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Heikki Linnakangas" message dated "Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:54:07 +0300" Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:49:18 -0400 Message-ID: <15892.1212680958@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/235 X-Sequence-Number: 119348 "Heikki Linnakangas" writes: > A configuration wizard would be nice, but it would be a good start to > add a section to the manual on how to do the basic tuning. +1. If we can't write an explanation of what to do, we certainly aren't going to be able to implement it in a wizard. Agreeing on what to put in the manual would also go a long way towards providing an implementation spec for the wizard ... regards, tom lane