Re: Overhauling GUCS

Tom Lane wrote:
> I grow weary of this thread. I will say it once more: I do not believe
> for one instant that the current formatting of postgresql.conf is the
> major impediment, or even a noticeable impediment, to producing a useful
> configuration wizard. If you wish to prove otherwise, provide a
> complete wizard except for the parts that touch the config file, and
> I will promise to finish it.
>
> I will not read or respond to any further discussion of changing the
> config file format. It's a waste of bandwidth.
>

Your statement doesn't really surprise me. Apparently you kind of
celebrate misunderstanding my point, which isn't primarily about the
file format, but about config param accessibility via api/SQL.

I personally wouldn't even think about starting such a wizard, unless I
have an idea how to push the result into the database. No, not a file,
but via SQL! So your statement you won't react unless a wizard is almost
ready is prohibitive, apart from the fact that not only wizards
(featuring AI) are interesting, but simple config tools as well.

Regards,
Andrads