Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 09:08:02AM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:49:39 -0000
> "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> wrote:
> > Sure, why not?  Clarity should always trump brevity.  The only
> > people who gain from a comment-less file are the ones who are
> > already expert in it.
> 
> You are right, Clarity always trumps brevity but then again, some
> things are only clear if they are brief.  Point being, the
> documentation in the postgresql.conf isn't really useful and to make
> it useful; would make the configuration file itself not useful.  A
> succinct file with directed links that are explicitly telling you,
> "Don't be stupid read the docs" is a very good idea.

And we're back to man pages and CHM files.

How big a project would that latter be?

Cheers,
David.
-- 
David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/
Phone: +1 415 235 3778  AIM: dfetter666  Yahoo!: dfetter
Skype: davidfetter      XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com

Remember to vote!
Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate