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On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:54:47 -0500
Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > - -1? That way by default it will use the settings in
> > postgresql.conf?
> 
> Surely we're not going to force initdb for that.

I didn't realize it would take that so sure lets do it for 8.4.

> 
> > Secondly can we set the default for freeze_min_age to 100mil (I
> > think that is the default in the docs) and freeize_max_age to the
> > default 200000000 .
> 
> This is an outright bad idea, because those defaults aren't
> hard-wired. Why would you not use -1 if you want a default value?

There are two things here. One having a default value 8.2 currently
doesn't (8.3 I don't know). Two what the default value should be. I
will happily defer to you on that determination.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake
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