Hi, On 2018-11-08 10:56:33 -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > OK, so the consensus seems to be that the back branches should continue > to allow you to set client_min_messages = FATAL/PANIC, but then ignore > that and act as though it were ERROR.
Sounds good. > We could implement the clamp either in elog.c or in a GUC assignment > hook. If we do the latter, then SHOW and pg_settings would report the > effective value rather than what you set. That seems a bit cleaner > to me, and not without precedent. As far as the backwards compatibility > angle goes, you can invent scenarios in which either choice could be > argued to break something; but I think the most likely avenue for > trouble is if the visible setting doesn't match the actual behavior. > So I'm leaning to the assign-hook approach; comments? Seems reasonable. Greetings, Andres Freund
