On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:48:20 -0400 Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Joshua Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, why not just make a one-eighty and say that the default > >> postgresql.conf is *empty* (except for whatever initdb puts into > >> it)? > > > I guess it would depend on what initdb puts into it. > > Per the code: > > max_connections > shared_buffers > max_fsm_pages (slated to die anyway in 8.4) > lc_messages > lc_monetary > lc_numeric > lc_time > datestyle > default_text_search_config > > The first three of those are derived from probing the SHMMAX setting, > and the rest are from the initdb-time locale settings. When I first started to reply I had a list of another dozen or so we should add but in reality as I think about it; we need only one more parameter. If we add listen_addresses and a link to the documention for the rest, I would +1 this. I was thinking about the apache conf and it is riddled with documentation, lots and lots of text. I find that either I am irritated with how much documentation there is (because I already understand the directive I am working with) or I am frustrated because it doesn't adequately explain the dependencies. If we move to the above route, we end up in an environment with a single source for "official" documentation and we can always point to that. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake > > regards, tom lane > -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
