On 12/4/13, 2:02 PM, Álvaro Hernández Tortosa wrote: > So optional fields are either purely optional (i.e., only for tools > that want to use them; everyone else may ignore, but preserve, them) and > some other are just NULLABLEs, depending on the parameter).
But my point stands: If it's optional, you can't rely on it, if it's required, people will object because they don't more junk in their config file. But I think this is solving the wrong problem. The metadata is already available via postgres --describe-config. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers