Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - When the set of GUC properties (when to set, how to set, etc.) change, > what is the upgrade path? Remember that we change those a lot.
Well, when we add another PGC_ category, that will mean another possible output value in the column representing same. That doesn't bother me particularly. The other flag bits that we have aren't currently reflected in the help-config output at all, so changing them doesn't affect it. > - Who is going to maintain the descriptions in this very special "GNU > trick" format? What's special about it? I now understand that I'd misdescribed it, and that the fields ought to be named something like "desc" and "extra_desc" rather than "short_desc" and "long_desc". But I don't see anything wrong with the concept. The short description is also the first sentence of the long description; what's unreasonable about that? > I propose we rip out everything except --help-config -m that shows the > information in the "machine-readable" tab separated format without > headers. If someone can answer the two questions above. Actually I think -M -G corresponds to that set of choices. Are we converging on an agreement that we only need that functionality for now? If so, what switch shall be used to get it? regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: don't forget to increase your free space map settings