Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62B0C2E0038 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:37:07 -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 39888-09 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:37:02 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-159.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.159]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEAC2E0035 for ; Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:37:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.226] (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m56FcEVY003894 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:38:17 -0700 Message-ID: <4849598F.9080800@commandprompt.com> Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:36:47 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (Windows/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane CC: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Greg Smith , Andreas Pflug , "Decibel!" , Josh Berkus Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS References: <48409D1E.3070208@agliodbs.com> <29525.1212613052@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200806061435.01196.peter_e@gmx.net> <1669.1212765410@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <1669.1212765410@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0 (lists.commandprompt.com [207.173.203.159]); Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:38:19 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/285 X-Sequence-Number: 119398 Tom Lane wrote: > 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 ... That is where some 80% solution sample config files come in. Joshua D. Drake > > regards, tom lane >