Re: Open items

Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> >> It`s not a beta-blocker, but I still need to fix the postgresql.conf.sample
> >> file to not use all those commented-out values. Unfortunately, I have not
> >> had time to do this. If someone could take of this, it would be most
> >> appreciated. See Tom`s notes on some issues involved:
> >>
> >> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2004-07/msg00178.php
> >>
> >> Another reason to make sure this makes it into 8.0 is so that the new
> >> group of users does not see the format of the file change from 8.0 to 8.1,
> >> but can start right away with the more intuitive format.
>
> > This is too involved a change at this stage. I don't expect
> > postgresql.conf to change any more from 7.4->8.0 than from 8.0->8.1 so I
> > don't see why this is more critical for this release, and it has too
> > many open issues.
>
> Tom's post linked above seems to indicate it might be accepted, but I
> will certainly yield to Core's decision. I'm still hoping someone else
> will step up to the plate and tackle this: I feel that it would be
> nice not to confuse a whole new group of users with commented-out
> defaults which may or may not have a relation to the actual setttings. :)

Well, I haven't seen any of the research requested by Tom, and with beta
a few days away, I don't see it happening in time.

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