Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

From: Ron Mayer <rm_pg(at)cheapcomplexdevices(dot)com>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Subject: Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf
Date: 2008-08-19 20:08:01
Message-ID: 48AB2821.8010302@cheapcomplexdevices.com
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 22:12:47 Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
>> Text space is cheap,
>
> I'd offer the alternative theory that anything that is longer than one screen
> is overwhelming and unwieldy.

One more benefit of a small file is that it makes it easier to ask someone
"please attach a copy of your postgresql.conf file"; rather than "please
send the output of "grep -v '^[ ]*#' postgresql.conf | grep ="" or worse
"Can you recall what you changed?"

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