Re: Proposal for Re-ordering CONF (was: Re: GUC and postgresql.conf docs)

Bruce,

> I don't think people change _that_ _many_ postgresql.conf settings, so
> reordering should be OK with them, especially if they get a clearer
> output.

Yeah. I put in the objection because Elein already made it to me.

I also think that most people don't adjust *enough* Postgresql.conf settings,
which is one thing I'm trying to change.

> Just to throw in a wrench, consider that SHOW ALL shows the settings in
> alphabetical order. I think that is OK, but I thought I should mention
> it.

I think it's OK too. Presumably, people running SHOW ALL are looking for a
particular setting, not trying to tweak everything.

I considered simply alpha-ordering the CONF file. However, too many options
have a logical grouping that really need to be adjusted together and are
spread wide apart in the alphabet (WAL_files and Checkpoint_segments, for
example). For that matter, I dealt with a couple of distros of SAMBA that
decided to "simplify" smb.conf by alphabetizing the settings, and ended up
reordering them on my own. Bleah.

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Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco