From: | Matthias Schmidt <schmidtm(at)mock-software(dot)de> |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: somebody working on: Prevent default re-use of sysids for dropped users and groups? |
Date: | 2004-12-15 19:40:18 |
Message-ID: | 266E1DA0-4ED1-11D9-87AF-000393AA75A0@mock-software.de |
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Hi Tom,
after beeing offline because of a chrashed box, I able to mail again.
I would like to volunteer for the uptime() function. Is that OK?
cheers,
Matthias
Am 13.12.2004 um 03:31 schrieb Bruce Momjian:
> Matthias Schmidt wrote:
>>
>> Am 07.12.2004 um 19:24 schrieb Tom Lane:
>>
>>> Matthias Schmidt <schmidtm(at)mock-software(dot)de> writes:
>>>> By the way: Do you have an idea about a small or
>>>> medium sized task from the TODO-List for a newbee, which gets me up
>>>> to
>>>> speed?(!Win32)
>>>
>>> A lot of the tasks listed under DATA TYPES are fairly self-contained
>>> problems ... but what draws your interest? I think most of the tasks
>>> that are on TODO are there either because they're hard problems, or
>>> because nobody was very interested in them. Unfortunately they are
>>> not
>>> marked as to which is which :-(. Make a list of things you find
>>> interesting, and we can tell you if they're very hard or already
>>> claimed.
>>>
>>> regards, tom lane
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>> this is a list of things I'm interested in:
>>
>> 1) Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions
>>
>> Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as
>> though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be
>> cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination.
>
> This one seems hard.
>
>> 2) Add a function that returns the 'uptime' of the postmaster
>
> Seems like a good starting point.
>
>> 3) Have SHOW ALL and pg_settings show descriptions for server-side
>> variables
>
> Also a good one for you.
>
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