Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])

From: Greg Stark <stark(at)mit(dot)edu>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Amit Kapila <amit(dot)kapila(at)huawei(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Re: ALTER SYSTEM SET command to change postgresql.conf parameters (RE: Proposal for Allow postgresql.conf values to be changed via SQL [review])
Date: 2013-08-01 13:32:24
Message-ID: CAM-w4HM+GJj1nSFE-MSvrJaXb+nfvySUK4aW+=5o90A0OmrRqw@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri(at)2ndquadrant(dot)fr> wrote:
> we should review the implementation choice of the ALTER
> SYSTEM SET facility, and vote for having one-file-per-GUC.

Zombie crazy design idea arise!

I think people are going to laugh at us if an open source database
software can't manage a simple flat file database of settings,
especially one that is purely write-only and can be a simple dump of
settings that are set by alter system.

--
greg

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