Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>>And maybe show the descriptions in pg_settings too?
>
> There was discussion of doing that, but it didn't get done in time
> (and it's too late now for 7.4 unless you want an initdb). I wouldn't
> mind putting it on TODO for 7.5.
Bruce, you can put my name next to that TODO.
> I think the SHOW ALL output should be kept to one line per variable,
> which'd preclude adding "long" descriptions, but we could think about
> adding the "short" ones. (I have no similar worry about pg_settings
> because one can easily choose which columns one looks at.)
This one too.
Joe