Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

On 2013-08-01 14:37:45 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Alvaro Herrera (alvherre@2ndquadrant.com) wrote:
> > Andres Freund wrote:
> > 
> > > Postgresql.auto.conf.d is what I'd propose, but the decision about
> > > that seems to be one of the smaller problems around this feature...
> > > That naming seems to make it sensible to extend other files (hba,
> > > ident) similarly at a later point.
> > 
> > I don't like this particular naming proposal, but I'm glad this patch
> > finally seems to be getting somewhere.
> 
> Yeah, also not a fan.  We don't have any 'conf.d' directories in PGDATA
> and I don't think we should start now.  I liked Josh's suggestions of
> something like "system_conf".  For multiple independent config files, we
> could use directories under that (eg: 'pgconf', 'pghba', 'pgident'..).

People know what to expect from .d directories, that's why I suggested
it, don't feel really strongly about it. I dislike naming the
subdirectories pgconf/... et al though, we should reference the original
files name, instead of introducing new abbreviations.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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