Re: Getting to beta1

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Simon Riggs wrote:
>> > On Sat, 2010-03-13 at 11:26 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
>> > > > The list has been reduced greatly in the past week.  What about HS/SR
>> > > > open items?
>> > >
>> > > I'd like to see vacuum_defer_cleanup_age added to the "Archive" section
>> > > of postgresql.conf,
>> >
>> > Not all parameters are in postgresql.conf.sample. Encouraging people to
>> > do this is the wrong approach.
>> >
>> > >  and add it to the docs (I'll write something this
>> > > week).
>> >
>> > It's already in the docs, so if they read it and understand it they can
>> > add it to the postgresql.conf if they so choose.
>>
>> I agree with Josh Berkus that vacuum_defer_cleanup_age should be in
>> postgresql.conf.  We don't stop listing items just because they are
>> dangerous, e.g. fsync, or to discourage their use.  I believe Greg Smith
>> also felt it should be included.
>
> The bottom line is that the fact that vacuum_defer_cleanup_age is
> missing from postgresql.conf is causing confusion because none of the
> other settings are skipped to discourage their use.  If you want to
> apply that policy, we would have to revisit all the postgresql.conf
> settings, and I don't think there is much interest in doing that.

I agree.  If we're going to have the option, it should be in the file.

...Robert