Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 310192E003A for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:53:28 -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 71369-07 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:53:16 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from westnet.com (westnet.com [216.187.52.2]) by developer.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A422E0030 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 21:53:21 -0300 (ADT) Received: from westnet.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m560rHaO012832; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:53:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (gsmith@localhost) by westnet.com (8.14.0/8.13.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m560rG71012827; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:53:16 -0400 (EDT) X-Authentication-Warning: westnet.com: gsmith owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 20:53:16 -0400 (EDT) From: Greg Smith X-X-Sender: gsmith@westnet.com To: Alvaro Herrera cc: "David E. Wheeler" , Aidan Van Dyk , pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Overhauling GUCS In-Reply-To: <20080606002452.GY16502@alvh.no-ip.org> Message-ID: References: <20080605162400.GF16502@alvh.no-ip.org> <48481CBF.6040602@enterprisedb.com> <48481E3A.4010306@hagander.net> <20080605174209.GL16502@alvh.no-ip.org> <20080605212129.GI14498@yugib.highrise.ca> <3F927D52-A0FD-4575-8D24-F0F70C459235@kineticode.com> <20080606002452.GY16502@alvh.no-ip.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200806/266 X-Sequence-Number: 119379 On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > FWIW smb.conf uses ; for one purpose and # for the other. They're actually combining the way UNIX files use # with how Windows INI files use ; in a config file context, which I personally find a little weird. I was already considering keeping user comments as # while making all system-inserted ones #! ; many people are already used to #! having a special system-related meaning from its use in UNIX shell scripting which makes it easier to remember. I think the next step to this whole plan is to generate a next-gen postgresql.conf mock-up showing what each of the outputs from the pg_generate_conf tool might look like to get feedback on that; it will make what is planned here a bit easier to understand as well. -- * Greg Smith gsmith@gregsmith.com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD