Re: smart shutdown at end of transaction (was: Default mode for shutdown)

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> On fre, 2012-04-27 at 14:57 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I think there is no point at all in having a discussion about this
>> unless we can first agree that the overwhelming majority of people who
>> have commented on this issue on this list are unhappy with the current
>> default behavior.  If we are not going to change the default behavior,
>> then there is zero point in talking about this.

> Have you reviewed the previous discussions where changing the default
> behavior was discussed and rejected?  I don't like the current default
> any more than you do, but without any new arguments, there is, as you
> say, zero point in talking about this.

Perhaps I've forgotten something, but I only recall debates about
switching the default to a different one of the existing shutdown modes.
The new material here is the proposal for a new mode.

			regards, tom lane