Anyone using silent_mode?

Is anyone using silent_mode=on ? There's some discussion on
pgsql-hackers [1] on whether it should be removed altogether in 9.2,
since you can get the same functionality with "pg_ctl start", or nohup.
If you're using silent_mode, what are you using it for?

[1]
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/1308926157-sup-7749@alvh.no-ip.org

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