Re: Remove fsync ON/OFF as a visible option?

On 22/03/15 08:34, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> On 03/21/2015 12:00 AM, Mark Kirkwood wrote:
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>>
>> -1
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>> Personally I'm against hiding *any* settings. Choosing sensible defaults
>> - yes! Hiding them - that reeks of secret squirrel nonsense and overpaid
>> Oracle dbas that knew the undocumented settings for various
>> capabilities. I think/hope that no open source project will try to
>> emulate that meme!
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> I don't agree with this at all. On the one hand:
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> Postgres: So many settings people have no idea where to start (unless 
> they have background)
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> vs
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> Postgres: Only the settings that are "needed" for 95% of installations.
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> JD
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>
How about 2 config files?

One marked adult^H^H^H^H^H power users only, or some such, with the 
really dangerous or unusual options?


Cheers,
Gavin