Re: Enable data checksums by default - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: Enable data checksums by default
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Msg-id E37A675A-ABB8-4D1C-821F-3CCD219C06A2@yesql.se
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In response to Re: Enable data checksums by default  (Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>)
Responses Re: Enable data checksums by default
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> On 30 Jul 2025, at 11:58, Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 2025-07-29 at 20:24 +0200, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> So, what should we do with the PG18 open item? We (the RMT team) would
>> like to know if we shall keep the checksums enabled by default, and if
>> there's something that still needs to be done for PG18.
> 
> I don't have a strong opinion, but I lean towards having them on
> by default.

I agree with that, while there might be a lot of cases where disabling
checksums is the right move it's still a sane default.

--
Daniel Gustafsson




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