From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila16(at)gmail(dot)com>, Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Stop ALTER SYSTEM from making bad assumptions |
Date: | 2019-08-05 15:00:31 |
Message-ID: | 6124.1565017231@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Tomas Vondra <tomas(dot)vondra(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> On Mon, Aug 05, 2019 at 10:21:39AM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> I'd be happier with one set of code at least being the recommended
>> approach to modifying the file and only one set of code in our codebase
>> that's messing with .auto.conf, so that, hopefully, it's done
>> consistently and properly and in a way that everything agrees on and
>> expects, but if we can't get there due to concerns about where we are in
>> the release cycle, et al, then let's at least document what is
>> *supposed* to happen and have our code do so.
> I think fixing ALTER SYSTEM to handle duplicities, and documenting the
> basic rules about modifying .auto.conf is the way to go.
I agree. So the problem at the moment is we lack a documentation
patch. Who wants to write it?
regards, tom lane
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