Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF852E0039 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:17:22 -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 22096-02 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:17:18 -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 214872E0038 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:17:17 -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 m56FGoft001670; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:16:50 -0400 (EDT) To: Peter Eisentraut cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Greg Smith , Andreas Pflug , Decibel! , Josh Berkus Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS In-reply-to: <200806061435.01196.peter_e@gmx.net> References: <48409D1E.3070208@agliodbs.com> <29525.1212613052@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200806061435.01196.peter_e@gmx.net> Comments: In-reply-to Peter Eisentraut message dated "Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:35:00 +0200" Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:16:50 -0400 Message-ID: <1669.1212765410@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/284 X-Sequence-Number: 119397 Peter Eisentraut writes: > - If we know better values, why don't we set them by default? The problem is: better for what? In particular, I'm uncomfortable with any changes in the direction of trying to make Postgres take over the entire machine by default. I'd want some fairly explicit permission from the user for that ... regards, tom lane