Re: RM 5235 - Support external config files

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Ashesh Vashi <ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: RM 5235 - Support external config files
Date: 2020-07-17 10:25:54
Message-ID: CA+OCxoxhHNes1jy0Ta8Fw1KjQkGVMY8WbujVWDbxx02JWKkQTQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:23 AM Ashesh Vashi <ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
wrote:

> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/asheshvashi>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 3:45 PM Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>
>> The attached patch adds support for config_system.py files stored outside
>> of the application installation directory to allow sysadmins (and users
>> with appropriate permissions) to override configuration options system wide
>> and without invalidating signatures such as those found on the macOS app
>> bundle.
>>
>> Configuration will be loaded from the following locations, if present:
>>
>> Linux: /etc/pgadmin/config_system.py
>> macOS: /Library/Preferences/pgadmin/config_system.py
>> Windows: %CommonProgramFiles%\pgadmin\config_system.py
>>
>> Please review/commit.
>>
> How about putting them in $HOME/.pgadmin/config_local.py (applicable only
> for runtime)?
>

Because then they wouldn't be system-wide.

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