Re: Rename max_parallel_degree?

On 5/31/16 4:04 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> The name should be closely related to what we use for #3.  I could go for
> max_total_parallel_workers for #2 and max_parallel_workers for #3.
> Or maybe max_parallel_workers_total?

Most cluster-wide settings like this are named max_something 
(max_connections, max_wal_senders, max_replication_slots), whereas 
things that apply on a lower level are named max_something_per_something 
(max_files_per_process, max_locks_per_transations).

So let's leave max_worker_processes mostly alone and not add any 
_total_, _absolute_, _altogether_. ;-)

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