Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8F9FC65039C for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:09:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 37233-03-8 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:09:13 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from svr2.hagander.net (svr2.hagander.net [88.198.128.226]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95BB86503F5 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:05:51 -0300 (ADT) Received: from dynamic.hagander.net ([127.0.0.1]) (encrypted and authenticated) by svr2.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D468DCC875; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:50 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mha-laptop.hagander.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B76D124246; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:49 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <48A92D5D.9080604@hagander.net> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:05:49 +0200 From: Magnus Hagander User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080724) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Berkus CC: Steve Atkins , PostgreSQL Developers Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS References: <7473.1212625397@sss.pgh.pa.us> <200807161530.m6GFUNY28751@momjian.us> <407fa4640808130738s3537ca45j22322a5eb70f9173@mail.gmail.com> <48A8EB1B.8000702@agliodbs.com> In-Reply-To: <48A8EB1B.8000702@agliodbs.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=none X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200808/713 X-Sequence-Number: 122467 Josh Berkus wrote: > Steve, > >> First pass is done. Needs a little cleanup before sharing. I spent a >> fair while down OS-specific-hardware-queries rathole, but I'm better now. > > Gods, I hope you gave up on that. You want to use SIGAR or something. If it's going to be C++, and reasonably cross platform, and a pg tool, why not try to build something as a module in pgAdmin? Certainly going to get you a larger exposure... And I'm sure the pgAdmin team would be happy to have it! //Magnus