Normally I'm not for adding gucs that just gate new features. But I think a simple guc to turn this on or off would be fine and alleviate any concerns. I think users would appreciate it quite a lot
It would even have a positive effect of helping raise awareness of the feature. I often scan the list of config options to get an idea of new features when I'm installing new software or upgrading. -- greg On 1 Apr 2014 17:38, "Jim Nasby" <j...@nasby.net> wrote: > On 4/1/14, 1:04 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote: > >> It strains credulity to think that this >>> >patch alone would have that effect, but there might be quite a few >>> >similar improvements that are possible. So I think it would be good >>> >to consider how far we want to go in this direction and where we think >>> >we might want to stop. That's not to say, let's not ever do this, >>> >just, let's think carefully about where we want to end up. >>> >> Fair enough. >> > > I agree with the concern, but also have to say that I can't count how many > times I could have used this. A big +1, at least in this case. > -- > Jim C. Nasby, Data Architect j...@nasby.net > 512.569.9461 (cell) http://jim.nasby.net > > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers >
