Re: let's make the list of reportable GUCs configurable (was Re: Add %r substitution for psql prompts to show recovery status)

From: Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Craig Ringer <craig(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)sraoss(dot)co(dot)jp>, Ian Barwick <ian(dot)barwick(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: let's make the list of reportable GUCs configurable (was Re: Add %r substitution for psql prompts to show recovery status)
Date: 2019-07-10 13:59:06
Message-ID: CADK3HHLXjDAW2LPHrVNJGYPQj9C--YANYYssDw2SETvaWL4P0w@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 09:11, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 2:32 PM Dave Cramer <pg(at)fastcrypt(dot)com> wrote:
> > So did this die from lack of interest?
> >
> > I have proposed in another thread adding more GUC REPORT variables, but
> I see this as a much better way.
> >
> > I'm willing to code the patch if we can get some buy in here ?
>
> It seemed like most people at least didn't hate the idea completely,
> and some liked it, so I think it would be worth revisiting. If you
> decide to write a patch, I'll try to help review.
>

Awesome! I've already started working on the patch.

I'm still a bit conflicted about what to do with search_path as I do
believe this is potentially a security issue.
It may be that we always want to report that and possibly back patch it.

Dave

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