Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WuPU5-0005D6-Lz for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:05:17 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WuPU4-0006i9-LA for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:05:16 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA256:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WuPU3-0006gn-8V for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:05:15 +0000 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com ([69.168.55.30]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WuPTz-00011a-2S for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:05:12 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.5] (spinlock.commandprompt.com [69.168.55.30]) by lists.commandprompt.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 8CF3197; Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:05:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.1.5] ([71.95.100.121] helo=[192.168.1.5]) by assp.commandprompt.com with ESMTPS(AES128-SHA) (2.1.1); 10 Jun 2014 10:05:09 -0700 Message-ID: <53973ACA.2040801@commandprompt.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 10:05:14 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane , Gurjeet Singh CC: Peter Eisentraut , PGSQL Hackers Subject: Re: /proc/self/oom_adj is deprecated in newer Linux kernels References: <29121.1316185073@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1316355543.12186.9.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> <15953.1316362868@sss.pgh.pa.us> <1316420754.14001.3.camel@fsopti579.F-Secure.com> <16241.1316441883@sss.pgh.pa.us> <28946.1402408948@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <28946.1402408948@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Assp-Version: 2.1.1(11364) on assp.commandprompt.com X-Assp-Client-SSL: yes X-Assp-ID: assp.commandprompt.com m1-19909-13463 X-Assp-Envelope-From: jd@commandprompt.com X-Assp-Intended-For: tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us X-Assp-Original-Subject: Re: [HACKERS] /proc/self/oom_adj is deprecated in newer Linux kernels X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org On 06/10/2014 07:02 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > Gurjeet Singh writes: >> Startup scripts are not solely in the domain of packagers. End users >> can also be expected to develop/edit their own startup scripts. > >> Providing it as GUC would have given end users both the peices, but >> with a compile-time option they have only one half of the solution; >> except if they go compile their own binaries, which forces them into >> being packagers. > > I don't find that this argument holds any water at all. Anyone who's > developing their own start script can be expected to manage recompiling > Postgres. This is certainly not true in any fashion. Production systems require a degree of flexibility and configuration that does not require the maintaining or compiling of source code. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- Command Prompt, Inc. - http://www.commandprompt.com/ 509-416-6579 PostgreSQL Support, Training, Professional Services and Development High Availability, Oracle Conversion, @cmdpromptinc "If we send our children to Caesar for their education, we should not be surprised when they come back as Romans." -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers