Re: Proposal to Re-Order Postgresql.Conf, part II - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Justin Clift
Subject Re: Proposal to Re-Order Postgresql.Conf, part II
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Msg-id 3EE46441.1090800@postgresql.org
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In response to Re: Proposal to Re-Order Postgresql.Conf, part II  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
> 
>>"wal_debug" is seldom used outside of Postgresql source development or unusual 
>>system failures, and should therefore go last.
> 
> BTW, it occurs to me that wal_debug is one of the hacker-only variables
> that probably ought not be documented at all.  I cannot imagine any use
> for it for the average DBA.

Um, not documenting it is probably not a good move for us, however putting it at the end in a section marked "Developer
Focused"or something similar would 
 
probably have the right mix of messages.  i.e. "hands off" + "not a performance tweak", etc.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift


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