From: Robert Haas [mailto:robertmhaas@gmail.com]
> I don't think so. I think it's just a weirdly-design parameter
> without a really compelling use case. Enforcing limits on the value
> of the parameter doesn't fix that. Most of the reviewers who have
> opined so far have been somewhere between cautious and negative about
> the value of that parameter, so I think we should just not add it. At
> least for now.
I don't think socket_timeout is so bad. I think Nagaura-san and I presented the use case, giving an answer to every
questionand concern. OTOH, it may be better to commit the tcp_user_timeout patch when Nagaura-san has refined the
documentation,and then continue socket_timeout.
Regards
Takayuki Tsunakawa
