On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 01:40:52AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> writes: >> However, I'd like to think that we can do better than what's proposed >> in the patch. There are a couple of things to consider here: >> - Should the parameter be renamed to reflect that it should only be >> used for testing purposes? > > -1 to that part, because it would break a bunch of buildfarm animals' > configurations. I doubt that any gain in clarity would be worth it.
Okay. >> - Should we make more general the description of the developer options >> in the docs? > > Perhaps ... what did you have in mind? The first sentence of the page now says that: "The following parameters are intended for work on the PostgreSQL source code, and in some cases to assist with recovery of severely damaged databases." That does not stick with force_parallel_mode IMO. Maybe: "The following parameters are intended for development work related to PostgreSQL. Some of them work on the PostgreSQL source code, some of them can be used to control the run-time behavior of the server, and in some cases they can be used to assist with the recovery of severely damaged databases." -- Michael
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