The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 4449 Logged by: Kevin M. Kilbride Email address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PostgreSQL version: 8.3 Operating system: Gentoo GNU/Linux 2008.0 Description: allows "pg_ctl restart" to terminate idle processes Details:
Because a very large number of clients now habitually establish permanent connections to PGSQL in order to alleviate startup overhead, the "smart" restart mode of pg_ctl has become nearly useless because it will not terminate idle processes. It would be nice if pg_ctl were updated so that the "smart" restart mode simply terminated idle processes (a la "fast mode"), but waited for active processes to finish transactions before terminating them. This would restore "low-impact restart" functionality to those systems with clients that establish permanent connections...which is virtually everybody, these days. -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
