On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 4:40 AM, Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:32:34 -0400
> Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> writes:
>> > On idea is for postgresql.conf to merely include other files:
>> > include 'sharedmem.conf'
>> > include 'compat.conf'
>> > ...
>>
>> That would definitely add complexity ... what would it buy in return?
>
> I am not arguing for this but if we went down that route it does buy us
> the ability to compartmentalize the entire conf.. so you have:
>
> memory_settings.conf
> logging.conf
> maintenance.conf
Would make it damn hard for pgAdmin to figure out how to edit the
config though. That's why we only support single-file configs atm.
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Dave Page
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