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Re: John Naylor
> FYI, default value of wal_compression is "off".

Still, there is value in being consistent. If default_toast_compression=lz4
and I turn wal_compression "on", I would also accept lz4 there.

We are picking the best toast compression algorithm by default, we
should also do that for wal.

Christoph