* Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 02:02:50PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Josh Berkus (j...@agliodbs.com) wrote: > > > I'll also point out that some of our settings only really "work" in > > > combinations of two or more settings. For example, one doesn't want to > > > set archive_mode = on unless one is setting archive_command as well. > > > > And one doesn't want to set archive_command w/o doing some kind of setup > > work on the server in question, perhaps setting up SSH keys or putting a > > decent shell script in place to be called from archive_command. That's > > part of my issue w/ this- the parameters which can't be set up correctly > > through sole use of "ALTER SYSTEM" should be excluded from it and > > instead set up through a config file. > > Yes, but many setting changes don't require file system changes.
Agreed, and those are the changes which would make sense to allow
through ALTER SYSTEM (or ALTER CLUSTER, or whatever)- settings which
don't require file system, network, etc, changes.
Thanks,
Stephen
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