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

Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>

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From: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
To: Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>, David Johnston <polobo@yahoo.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Amit Kapila <amit.kapila@huawei.com>, Gregory Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
Date: 2013-08-02T00:33:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
* Andres Freund (andres@2ndquadrant.com) wrote:
> People know what to expect from .d directories, that's why I suggested
> it, don't feel really strongly about it. I dislike naming the
> subdirectories pgconf/... et al though, we should reference the original
> files name, instead of introducing new abbreviations.

*People* should not be messing around with files under $PGDATA- that's
half the point.  conf.d or other names which look like configuration
directories that an admin should modify are a *bad* idea.

	Thanks,

		Stephen