Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-09-26 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 22.09.23 22:01, Tristen Raab wrote: The following review has been posted through the commitfest application: make installcheck-world: not tested Implements feature: tested, passed Spec compliant: not tested Documentation:not tested Hello, I've reviewed all 4 of

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-09-22 Thread Tristen Raab
The following review has been posted through the commitfest application: make installcheck-world: not tested Implements feature: tested, passed Spec compliant: not tested Documentation:not tested Hello, I've reviewed all 4 of your patches, each one applies and builds

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-09-19 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 12.07.23 15:41, Alvaro Herrera wrote: On 2023-Jul-12, Gurjeet Singh wrote: The init-steps are severely under-documented in pgbench --help output. I think at least a pointer to the the pgbench docs should be mentioned in the pgbench --help output; an average user may not rush to read the

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-07-13 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 12.07.23 19:47, Gurjeet Singh wrote: If you end up with variant 3 or 4, please use double quotes instead of single quotes. Will do. I believe you're suggesting this because in the neighboring help text the string literals use double quotes. I see that other utilities, such as psql also

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-07-12 Thread Gurjeet Singh
On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 3:08 AM Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > On 12.07.23 09:42, Gurjeet Singh wrote: > > These two variants show the two extremes; bare minimum vs. everything > > but the kitchen sink. So one may feel the need to find a middle ground > > and provide a "sufficient, but not too much"

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-07-12 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On 2023-Jul-12, Gurjeet Singh wrote: > The init-steps are severely under-documented in pgbench --help output. > I think at least a pointer to the the pgbench docs should be mentioned > in the pgbench --help output; an average user may not rush to read the > code to find the explanation, but a

Re: Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-07-12 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On 12.07.23 09:42, Gurjeet Singh wrote: These two variants show the two extremes; bare minimum vs. everything but the kitchen sink. So one may feel the need to find a middle ground and provide a "sufficient, but not too much" variant. I have attempted that in variants 3 and 4; also attached.

Better help output for pgbench -I init_steps

2023-07-12 Thread Gurjeet Singh
These patches were created during an unrelated discussion about pgbench. Please see emails [1] - [6] linked below, for the past discussion. In brief: > $ pgbench -i -I dtGvp -s 500 The init-steps are severely under-documented in pgbench --help output. I think at least a pointer to the the