Re: Proposal to Re-Order Postgresql.Conf, part II

Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> writes:
>
>>"wal_debug" is seldom used outside of Postgresql source development or unusual
>>system failures, and should therefore go last.
>
> BTW, it occurs to me that wal_debug is one of the hacker-only variables
> that probably ought not be documented at all. I cannot imagine any use
> for it for the average DBA.

Um, not documenting it is probably not a good move for us, however putting it at the end in a section marked "Developer Focused" or something similar would
probably have the right mix of messages. i.e. "hands off" + "not a performance tweak", etc.

:-)

Regards and best wishes,

Justin Clift

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