Re: Autovacuum vs statement_timeout

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I think that is too strong an assumption, which is why I'm planning to
> back-patch the change to reset statement_timeout to 0 on autovacuum till
> 8.0, as discussed.  I think I should also backpatch the change to set
> zero_damaged_pages as well (which is not on 8.0 AFAIR).
> 
> It's very very easy to change things in postgresql.conf.  Actually
> knowing what you are doing (i.e. thinking on the consequences on VACUUM
> and such) is a whole another matter.

Frankly, setting statement_timeout in postgresql.conf seems so risky in
so many ways, perhaps we just need to document that the parameter
probably should not be set in postgresql.conf, and why.

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