Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(dot)hagander(at)redpill-linpro(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`
Date: 2024-03-18 13:09:04
Message-ID: 70646B9F-3309-469E-8FD2-EC13D772B58F@yesql.se
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> On 18 Mar 2024, at 13:57, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> my proposal is something like this, taking a
> bunch of text from Jelte's patch and some inspiration from Magnus's
> earlier remarks:

I still think any wording should clearly mention that settings in the file are
still applied. The proposed wording says to implicitly but to avoid confusion
I think it should be explicit.

> Perhaps figuring out how to
> document this is best left to a separate thread, and there's also the
> question of whether a new section that talks about this also ought to
> talk about anything else. But I feel like we're way overdue to do
> something about this.

Seconded, both that it needs to be addressed and that it should be done on a
separate thread from this one.

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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