* Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 11:16:24AM -0700, Josh Berkus wrote: > > I don't think this is a small thing. I really think we'll get a LOT of > > blowback from sysadmins -- and maybe even refusals to upgrade -- if we > ---------------------------------- > > Really? Is that a reasonable statement?
I don't believe Josh was saying that in jest.. I certainly believe that it could happen. > > As I've said before, I think the disable switch can be a follow-up patch > > to the main ALTER SYSTEM SET patch. Even if it's a different patch, it should go in at the same time, imv.. > You are mixing the behaviors of disabling the ALTER SYSTEM SET command > with recognizing ALTER SYSTEM SET settings already made --- the later > would be to fix a problem with the server not starting. That's a good point. > However, > frankly, these are flat files, so I don't see a problem with having the > administrator modify the flat file. Admins on Ubuntu or Debian or a host of their derivatives aren't going to be looking in $PGDATA for config files that they have to hand-modify to fix something the DBA did. When they eventually figure it out, they're going to be *very* unhappy. > Would disabling the ALTER SYSTEM SET command also disable recognizing > any ALTER SYSTEM SET commands already performed? Maybe that was already > understood, but I missed that point. I don't have an answer to that one, though I do like the idea of a switch that says "only read the settings from my postgresql.conf file". Thanks, Stephen
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