> So, how to resolve that conflict? I think it's better for the script
> default to cater to the manual-invocation case, because you're more
> likely to forget to add the switch when you're entering the command by
> hand. When pg_ctl is invoked from a system shutdown script, you only
> have to get it right once, and then the script remembers for you ;-).
>
> In short: I agree with Hiroshi on this one. Let's leave the script
> default at 'smart' shutdown, and make it clear in the documentation
> that "-mode fast" is the best way to invoke it from a system-shutdown
> script.
Agreed. Default to the best mode for manual usage.
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