On Fri, Nov 15, 2024 at 03:30:59PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-wal.html > Description: > > In > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/runtime-config-wal.html#GUC-WAL-COMPRESSION, > the option "on" is not described: > > “The supported methods are pglz, lz4 (if PostgreSQL was compiled with > --with-lz4) and zstd (if PostgreSQL was compiled with --with-zstd). The > default value is off. ” > > "on" was an available option before PG 15, and still seen in some docs. > If I understand the code in src/backend/utils/misc/guc_tables.c, "on" is the > same as "pglz". So I suggest: > > “The supported methods are pglz, lz4 (if PostgreSQL was compiled with > --with-lz4) and zstd (if PostgreSQL was compiled with --with-zstd). The > default value is off. The value on is synonym of pglz.”
I think we kept 'on' just for backward compatibility, so we don't mention it in the docs anymore. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EDB https://enterprisedb.com When a patient asks the doctor, "Am I going to die?", he means "Am I going to die soon?"
