Re: 9.3 release notes suggestions

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Ian Lawrence Barwick <barwick(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 9.3 release notes suggestions
Date: 2013-05-06 15:23:07
Message-ID: 5187CADB.50306@vmware.com
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On 05.05.2013 18:51, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> On 05/05/2013 01:35 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>>> OK, so we can either use 4 hex digits minimum and have a fixed with on
>>> most platforms, extend it to 8 hex digits, or revert the entire
>>> fixed-width idea.
>> I think we should lose the idea that it's fixed-width. 16-bit PIDs are
>> a limitation whose days are obviously numbered.
>
>
> I'm late to this party - I must have been asleep at the wheel back in
> October, but I guess I have an interest as the original author of
> log_line_prefix ;-)
>
> I can't off the top of my head see any good reason for zero padding, so
> I'm with Tom.

Agreed. What might be useful, is a general padding feature in
log_line_prefix, like in sprintf:

log_line_prefix = '%.5p '

- Heikki

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