Re: pg_config, pg_service.conf, postgresql.conf ....

[Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>]

Mark Woodward wrote:
> > If you require a policy, then YOU are free to choose the policy that
> > YOU need.  You're not forced to accept other peoples' policies that
> > may conflict with things in your environment.
> 
> The problem is that there is no mechanism through which one can implement
> policy. You are left to "roll your own" each and every time. A mechanism
> provided, but not enforced, by postgresql would go a LONG way toward
> enabling a coherent policy.

Unless you can have +80% of sites using the default, it isn't worth it
and is more confusing than if you had never created it at all.  What is
wrong with defining an environment variable in /etc/profile?

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