Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-12 Thread Neil Conway
Neil Conway wrote: This patch is blocking other work [...] Otherwise I'll apply it this evening (EST). Applied. -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-12 Thread Neil Conway
Peter Eisentraut wrote: Moreover, I don't agree with the premise. This patch is blocking other work. If you still object to it, can you elaborate why? Otherwise I'll apply it this evening (EST). -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Conway
Tom Lane wrote: As far as I could tell by eyeball, you are simply moving the section out to be a separate chapter and a separate file, without changing any text? Sorry, I should have noted that explicitly in my original email. The vast majority of the patch is just moving the same text to a se

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Tom Lane
Neil Conway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> Moreover, I don't agree with the premise. Could you point to the >> discussion? > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-docs/2004-11/msg00029.php As far as I could tell by eyeball, you are simply moving the section out to be a

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Tom Lane
Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Neil Conway wrote: >> Barring any objections, I'd like to apply this later tonight or >> tomorrow, before the tree drifts. > We are in beta; the time for major reorganizations has passed. That would be a valid objection to a code reorganization, but

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Conway
Peter Eisentraut wrote: We are in beta; the time for major reorganizations has passed. This is not a major reorganization. In any case, the primary reason to avoid major reorganizations during beta is the risk of regressions, which does not really apply here. Moreover, I don't agree with th

Re: [PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Neil Conway wrote: > Barring any objections, I'd like to apply this later tonight or > tomorrow, before the tree drifts. We are in beta; the time for major reorganizations has passed. Moreover, I don't agree with the premise. Could you point to the discussion? -- Peter Eisentraut http://devel

[PATCHES] docs: config chapter

2005-09-11 Thread Neil Conway
This patch moves the documentation of the configuration parameters into a separate chapter; it was formerly a section in the "Server Run-time Environment" chapter. This is per earlier discussion. Because of the volume of SGML being moved, the patch is fairly large (~360KB uncompressed), but ve