Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

From: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka(at)iki(dot)fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Joel Jacobson <joel(at)compiler(dot)org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(dot)hagander(at)redpill-linpro(dot)com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m(dot)sakrejda(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`
Date: 2024-03-27 23:00:43
Message-ID: CAGECzQSZ9Z1cs_Ld0YcMrF6HyPVvzvtKmq9RGuRVcwmnSH_9BQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 23:23, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:10:31AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> > > Is this really a patch we think we can push into PG 17. I am having my
> > > doubts.
> >
> > If the worst thing that happens in PG 17 is that we push a patch that
> > needs a few documentation corrections, we're going to be doing
> > fabulously well.
>
> My point is that we are designing the user API in the last weeks of the
> commitfest, which usually ends badly for us, and the fact the docs were
> not even right in the patch just reenforces that concern.

This user API is exactly the same as the original patch from Gabriele
in September (apart from enable->allow). And we spent half a year
discussing other designs for the user API. So I disagree that we're
designing the user API in the last weeks of the commitfest.

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