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Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: "Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: "Simon Riggs" <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, "Heikki Linnakangas" <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, "Fujii Masao" <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, "Robert Haas" <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, "Aidan Van Dyk" <aidan@highrise.ca>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-04-29T18:44:35Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
"Kevin Grittner" <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov> writes:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> wrote:
>> 9.0 without HS enabled is fairly untested on the standby, so it's
>> not clear to me turning it off makes you any safer.
 
> I think you've just made the strongest possible case for not
> defaulting it on during beta testing.

Yes.  If we've had it on so far, flipping it at the start of beta seems
sensible from a test coverage standpoint.  We will certainly have a
reasonable number of beta testers who are interested in the feature and
turn it on to test it; but we need to make sure the "off" position isn't
accidentally broken.

			regards, tom lane