> I think that using a system catalog for this is going to be a
> non-starter,
Technically improbable? Darn.
> but we could use a flat file that is designed to be
> machine-editable (and thus avoid repeating the mistake we've made with
> postgresql.conf).
Well, even if we can't update it through the command line, at least the
existing configuration (and node status) ought to be queryable.
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