Re: Open items

On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, Tom Lane wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> Is this the proper item description?
>
>>     * Remove comments on postgresql.conf variables
>
> It could easily be taken to mean removing this:
>
> #authentication_timeout = 60    # 1-600, in seconds
>                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> rather than the leading #.  I'd suggest
>
>     * Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
>
>       By not showing commented-out variables, we will discourage
>       people from thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it
>       to its default.

That works ... then it implies that there are just no defaults, which, 
IMHO, would definitely cause less confusion :)

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