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Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src backend/main/main.c backend/t ...

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Peter Eisentraut - PostgreSQL wrote:
> CVSROOT:    /cvsroot
> Module name:    pgsql-server
> Changes by:    petere@svr1.postgresql.org    03/10/18 19:59:09
> 
> Modified files:
>     src/backend/main: main.c 
>     src/backend/tcop: postgres.c 
>     src/backend/utils/misc: guc.c help_config.c 
>     src/include/utils: help_config.h 
> 
> Log message:
>     Cleanup on --help-config: Now called --describe-config, no further options,
>     machine readable, without headers, not sorted.  Parameter descriptions
>     adjusted to fit first sentence + rest convention.

Don't we need to document this?  I don't see any SGML commits above.

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Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src backend/main/main.c backend/t ...

From
Tom Lane
Date:
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Peter Eisentraut - PostgreSQL wrote:
>> Cleanup on --help-config: Now called --describe-config, no further options,
>> machine readable, without headers, not sorted.

> Don't we need to document this?  I don't see any SGML commits above.

It wasn't documented before.  But perhaps it should be now.
        regards, tom lane


Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src backend/main/main.c backend/t

From
Bruce Momjian
Date:
Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Peter Eisentraut - PostgreSQL wrote:
> >> Cleanup on --help-config: Now called --describe-config, no further options,
> >> machine readable, without headers, not sorted.
> 
> > Don't we need to document this?  I don't see any SGML commits above.
> 
> It wasn't documented before.  But perhaps it should be now.

I assume it wasn't documented before because no one wanted to stand
behind that API --- I assume now that we will and it will not change in
future releases.

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