On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 19:26, Markus Wanner <mar...@bluegap.ch> wrote: > On 12/15/2010 03:47 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Yeah, and more to the point, do I want to finish whatever I was doing in >> that window? Fast-by-default is a nice hammer to swing, but one day >> you'll pound your finger. > > Magnus pointed out that most distributions already use fast shutdown. > So it seems most people are used to that hammer, no?
Typical users might not use "pg_ctl stop" directly. If they use "service" or init.d commands, the default shutdown modes are probably fast mode. It's also true in the service control on MS Windows. -- Itagaki Takahiro -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
