Re: Going, going, GUCs! - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: Going, going, GUCs!
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Msg-id 4ADE0A58.3010305@dunslane.net
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In response to Going, going, GUCs!  (David Fetter <david@fetter.org>)
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David Fetter wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I'd like to see about removing the following GUCs:
>
> add_missing_from (should be off)
> array_nulls (should be on)
> commit_delay (no need for this knob)
> commit_siblings (no need for this knob)
> default_with_oids (should be off)
> password_encryption (should be on)
> regex_flavor (should be advanced, regex flavor can be controlled on a per-regex basis when they're advanced)
> sql_inheritance (should be on)
> standard_conforming_strings (should be on)
> synchronize_seqscans (should be on)
> track_activities (should be on)
> track_counts (should be on)
> transform_null_equals (should probably be off)
> update_process_title (should be on)
>
> What say on each?  When?
>
>
>   

We don't do wholesale changes like this. If you have a case to make then 
make it for each one individually.

I will observe, however, that removing standard_conforming_strings and 
making it always on will break thousands and thousands of apps.

cheers

andrew




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