Alfred Perlstein wrote: > How high on the hierarchy of PostgreSQL's "needs" is making a single > option a tunable versus compile time thing? I mean seriously you > mean to stick on this one point when one of your users are asking > you about this? That is pretty concerning to me.
I think the sticking point here is that the problem affects a single platform, and it can easily be construed as a platform bug. For problems that affect PostgreSQL as a whole for everybody, we hesitate a lot less when it comes to creating new runtime options. -- Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers