Re: Doc about how to set max_wal_senders when setting minimal wal_level - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Doc about how to set max_wal_senders when setting minimal wal_level
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Msg-id YtC5oOW7H50vT/L7@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Doc about how to set max_wal_senders when setting minimal wal_level  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Doc about how to set max_wal_senders when setting minimal wal_level
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On Tue, Jul  5, 2022 at 08:02:33PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Precondition" is an overly fancy word that makes things less clear
> not more so.  Does it mean that setting wal_level = minimal will fail
> if you don't do these other things, or does it just mean that you
> won't be getting the absolute minimum WAL volume?  If the former,
> I think it'd be better to say something like "To set wal_level to minimal,
> you must also set [these variables], which has the effect of disabling
> both WAL archiving and streaming replication."

I have created the attached patch to try to improve this text.

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