From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Greg Smith <gsmith@gregsmith.com>
Cc: Andreas Pflug <pgadmin@pse-consulting.de>
Cc: Decibel! <decibel@decibel.org>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS
Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 17:50:54 +0200
Message-ID: <200806061750.55582.peter_e@gmx.net> (raw)
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Am Freitag, 6. Juni 2008 schrieb Tom Lane:
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> 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 ...
Yes, those are decisions we are going to have to make, eventually. But recall
the three step process:
1. What values need changing?
2. What to change them to?
3. Could that be the new default value?
I haven't seen a proposal for item 1 yet, so the rest is idle discussion at
this time.
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