On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Ross J. Reedstrom wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2002 at 10:21:12AM -0400, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > > > RPMs aren't a good enough reason to put it in. All features aren't > > installed in an RPM, why would this need to? Besides, anything that > > is runtime configurable can end up getting its default changed on a > > whim. Then again as long as 7.2.1 is stable enough for me there's > > no reason to upgrade 'cuze I damn sure ain't going back and changing > > all sorts of programs and scripts that have global users. > > So, Vince, do you have problems with the various GUC based optimizer > hooks getting set to other than the default? I'd think you'd notice > if suddenly indexscans all went away, or any of these: > > #enable_seqscan = true > #enable_indexscan = true > #enable_tidscan = true > #enable_sort = true > #enable_nestloop = true > #enable_mergejoin = true > #enable_hashjoin = true > > My point is that your resistance to a GUC controlled runtime configurable > on the basis of 'it might get changed accidently' makes little sense to > me, given all the other runtime config settings that never do get changed. > What makes you think this one will be more susceptible to accidental > flipping?
My point has nothing to do with resistance to GUC configurables. Someone WILL decide that having it as a default is a *Good Thing* because it's there and is useful to them and in its current implementation there's not even a concensus that it's the right way to do it. It's being rushed into this version unnecessarily. Vince. -- ========================================================================== Vince Vielhaber -- KA8CSH email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pop4.net 56K Nationwide Dialup from $16.00/mo at Pop4 Networking http://www.camping-usa.com http://www.cloudninegifts.com http://www.meanstreamradio.com http://www.unknown-artists.com ========================================================================== ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
