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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 22:39:10 -0400
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Subject: Re: Add custom EXPLAIN options support to auto_explain
To: Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com>
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On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 10:09=E2=80=AFPM Lukas Fittl <lukas@fittl.com> wrote=
:
> Hmm. I think it would be typical to set
> "auto_explain.log_extension_options" in postgresql.conf, and this
> requirement of needing to put the libraries in the right order to
> avoid the warning doesn't seem great. As a general principle, I think
> we should aim to not have any ordering requirements in
> shared_preload_libraries.

I agree, but we're pretty far from that already today, and I don't see
a way to avoid having this patch buy into it. And we're really,
super-duper out of time at this point. We can throw this away, but we
can't keep changing our minds.

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Robert Haas
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