> On 26 Mar 2024, at 13:11, Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote:
>> To me, externally_managed_configuration is promising a lot more than it >> delivers because there is still a lot of ocnfiguration it doesn't >> control. I am also confused why the purpose of the feature, external >> management of configuation, is part of the variable name. We usually >> name parameters for what they control. > > I actually agree with this. I wasn't going to quibble with it because > other people seemed to like it. But I think something like > allow_alter_system would be better, as it would describe the exact > thing that the parameter does, rather than how we think the parameter > ought to be used. +Many. Either allow_alter_system or enable_alter_system_command is IMO preferrable, not least because someone might use this without using any external configuration tool, making the name even more misleading. -- Daniel Gustafsson
