Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, 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 22:20:38
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZabymxJ9E5nJmMHhrGPP19MaqGp=wbmGN8k3KnnEn3nQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:18 PM David G. Johnston <
david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 3:13 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 06:09:02PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:05:55AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:43 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <
>> postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl> wrote:
>> > > > Alright, changed the GUC name to "allow_alter_system" since that
>> seems
>> > > > to have the most "votes". One other option would be to call it
>> simply
>> > > > "alter_system", just like "jit" is not called "allow_jit" or
>> > > > "enable_jit".
>> > > >
>> > > > But personally I feel that the "allow_alter_system" is clearer than
>> > > > plain "alter_system" for the GUC name.
>> > >
>> > > I agree, and have committed your 0001.
>> >
>> > So, I email "Is this really a patch we think we can push into PG 17. I
>> > am having my doubts," and the patch is applied a few hours after my
>> > email. Wow.
>>
>> Also odd is that I don't see the commit in git master, so now I am
>> confused.
>>
>
> The main feature being discussed is in the 0002 patch while Robert pushed
> a doc section rename in the 0001 patch.
>
>
Well, the internal category name was changed though the docs did remain
unchanged.

David J.

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