Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 19:12:16 Tom Lane wrote:
>> Well, why not just make a one-eighty and say that the default
>> postgresql.conf is *empty* (except for whatever initdb puts into it)?
>
> Well, my original implementation of GUC had an empty default
> configuration
> file, which was later craptaculated to its current form based on
> seemingly
> popular demand. I am very happy to work back toward the empty
> state, and
> there appears to be growing support for that.
Yeah, +1 from me.
Perhaps we should still add some comments about the parameters changed
most often, including a link to the documentation of GUC parameters.
As a kind of starting point for (new) users.
Best Regards
Michael Paesold