Re: Overhauling GUCS

On Jun 4, 2008, at 12:48, Andrew Dunstan wrote:

>> I'm not much into MySQL, but in the work I've done with it, I've
>> had to create /etc/my.cnf myself. There *is* no configuration file
>> configuring MySQL until that file is created, is there? So there is
>> no configuration to learn at first. I'm not saying that this is
>> necessarily admirable -- it's kind of the opposite end of the
>> spectrum (PostgreSQL: "Here is every configuration tweak you could
>> ever possibly want, have fun!" vs MySQL: "There is no configuration
>> until you need one, then you have to find the docs for it."
>
> Tell me how that's better.
>
> If that's what you want, simply remove all the comment lines from
> your config file. Problem solved.

I didn't say it was better. The point is that it seems to be less
confusing to non-DBAs.

>> Which would be a good start, if nothing else…
>
> It's been suggested in the past. It is highly debatable that it
> would actually be an advance.

Agreed; we've bandied around some better ideas here. Well, I haven't,
I've just kibbitzed. But we can surely do better.

Best,

David