On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Is this the proper item description?
>
>> * Remove comments on postgresql.conf variables
>
> It could easily be taken to mean removing this:
>
> #authentication_timeout = 60 # 1-600, in seconds
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> rather than the leading #. I'd suggest
>
> * Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
>
> By not showing commented-out variables, we will discourage
> people from thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it
> to its default.
That works ... then it implies that there are just no defaults, which,
IMHO, would definitely cause less confusion :)
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