Re: [RFC] Change the default of update_process_title to off

On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 12:19 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:25 AM, Tsunakawa, Takayuki
> <tsunakawa.takay@jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>>> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
>>> Yeah, I think I agree.  It would be bad to disable it by default on Unix,
>>> because ps(1) is a very standard tool there, but the same argument doesn't
>>> hold for Windows.
>>
>> It seems that we could reach a consensus.  The patch is attached.  I'll add this to the next CommitFest.
>>
>>> Another route to a solution would be to find a cheaper way to update the
>>> process title on Windows ... has anyone looked for alternatives?
>>
>> I couldn't find an alternative solution after asking some Windows support staff.
>>
>> Regards
>> Takayuki Tsunakawa
>
> Shouldn't we change the code which initdb uses to create the example
> postgresql.conf, so that it shows the commented out value as being
> 'off', when initdb is run on Windows?

+1.

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