Why is autovacuum_freeze_max_age a postmaster setting?

From: Jim Nasby <jim(at)nasby(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Why is autovacuum_freeze_max_age a postmaster setting?
Date: 2014-03-21 21:49:53
Message-ID: 56EED884-020F-46FD-88D2-FDFE3F08B7E0@nasby.net
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Why do we require a restart to change autovacuum_freeze_max_age? Can’t we respawn the autovac workers to pick up the setting? (Or just pass the HUP down to them?)
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Jim C. Nasby, Data Architect jim(at)nasby(dot)net
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