On 2019-Mar-04, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 10:28:44AM +0300, Sergei Kornilov wrote: > > Hello > > > > postgresql.conf.sample was changed recently in REL_10_STABLE (commit > > ab1d9f066aee4f9b81abde6136771debe0191ae8) > > So config will be changed in next minor release anyway. We have another > > reason to not fix bgwriter_lru_maxpages comment? > > Frankly, I was surprised postgresql.conf.sample was changed in a back > branch since it will cause people who diff $PGDATA/postgresql.conf with > share/postgresql.conf.sample to see differences they didn't make.
I think the set of people that execute diffs of their production conf file against the sample file to be pretty small -- maybe even empty. If you're really interested in knowing the changes you've done, you're more likely to use a version control system on the file anyway. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
