Re: units in postgresql.conf comments

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: units in postgresql.conf comments
Date: 2014-01-12 03:20:07
Message-ID: 52D209E7.2030700@agliodbs.com
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On 01/11/2014 11:06 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 09:59:10PM -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> I think these sort of entries don't make much sense:
>>
>> #wal_sender_timeout = 60s # in milliseconds; 0 disables
>>
>> I think we should remove units from the comments when it's clear from
>> the name or the default value that time units are accepted.
>
> So, is anyone doing this? Should it be a TODO item?

I don't agree, actually, unless we take the next step and actually clean
all the documentation garbage out of the file and leave it in the main
docs and pg_settings where it belongs.

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Josh Berkus
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