Re: [patch] pg_basebackup: mention that spread checkpoints are the default in --help

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net>
Subject: Re: [patch] pg_basebackup: mention that spread checkpoints are the default in --help
Date: 2023-10-20 09:03:05
Message-ID: CAJ7c6TPo8VXEO+ghQSY+VKBSxZfkZPVuj=KrSSSgBTupmtKwxg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi,

> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 10:30:04PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> > Hrm right, but those have multiple options and they do not enumerate
> > them in the help string as do -F and -c - not sure what general project
> > policy here is for mentioning defaults in --help, I will check some of
> > the other commands.
>
> Then comes the point that this bloats the --help output. A bunch of
> system commands I use on a daily-basis outside Postgres don't do that,
> so it's kind of hard to put a line on what's good or not in this area
> while we have the SGML and man pages to do the job, with always more
> details.

Right. Then I suggest merging the patch as is.

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Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev

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