Re: Why conf.d should be default, and auto.conf and recovery.conf should be in it

* Josh Berkus (josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com) wrote:
> On 01/16/2014 10:46 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I'm fine if the proposal is that postgresql.conf include "include_dir
> > conf.d" by default (where that's read as relative to postgresql.conf's own
> > directory). Even better if it's not terribly difficult for a packager to
> > change that, because I think some will want to. We could possibly reduce
> > the need for packagers to change it if we made it be
> > "include_dir postgresql.d", because conf.d is a damn generic name for
> > something that might be in the same /etc directory as configs for other
> > packages.
>
> FWIW, this is what I was proposing. We have an "include_dir
> postgresql.conf.d" currently in the stock postgresql.conf, but it's
> disabled (commented out) by default. I'd just like it enabled by
> default, and to pass a suggestion to the packagers that they pick an
> appropriate directory and enable it by default.

To this point- I've asked the Debian packager Martin Pitt to review and
comment on this thread when he gets a chance.

Thanks,

Stephen