| From: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
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| To: | Michael Paesold <mpaesold(at)gmx(dot)at> |
| Cc: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: GUC time unit spelling a bit inconsistent |
| Date: | 2007-06-21 09:01:04 |
| Message-ID: | 467A3E50.6060000@postgresql.org |
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Michael Paesold wrote:
> It's not about a certain standard. There are so many different ways in
> the world to write time units, so in a certain context a standard is
> really useful to constrain the format/syntax, but...
>
> This all was about usability of a configuration file, wasn't it? Now,
> Peter, you improved that very much with this change. But do you at the
> same time want to cripple the usefulness again by insisting on a certain
> _syntax_, while the _semantics_ are completely clear to (guessing) 99%
> of the people who will changes these settings?
FWIW, I agree entirely.
Regards, Dave
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