On 1 October 2012 18:04, Jeff Davis <pg...@j-davis.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2012-10-01 at 12:35 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> The heap/index files are copied unmodified from the old cluster, so >> there are no checksums on the pages. > > That's fine though, the patch still reads the old format the same way, > and the pages are treated as though they have no checksum.
> How is that a > reason for defaulting the GUC to off? It's not. > Are we worried about users who turn the GUC > on and then expect all of their old data pages to magically be > protected? Yes, but as you say, that is a separate consideration. You are missing large parts of the previous thread, giving various opinions on what the UI should look like for enabling checksums. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
