Re: BUG #1707: statistics collector starts with stats_start_collector

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Later such as in a later postmaster start, but personally I would just
> > remove the option completely.
>
> I don't have a problem with removing it as a writable option ... but
> I'm thinking we should leave it as a read-only GUC parameter (like
> the several others we have already). Otherwise we'll need to add some
> other method of finding out whether the collector is running.

Why would a user care? They either are gathering such statistics, or
they are not. I think the only issue is that you can't turn on certain
options after postmaster start unless the stats collector is running ---
is that the issue?

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