Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Fix log_temp_files docs and comments to say bytes not kilobytes.
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-07-06T14:42:16Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes: > log_temp_files was introduced in 8.3, so we'll need to backpatch this > to 8.3, not just 8.4. Greg Smith tells me Simon has been busy with > other things, so I'm going to pick this up. Barring objections, I'm > going to revert Simon's patch and change the behavior instead, per the > attached patch. I will also back-patch the fix to 8.4 and 8.3. I agree with doing this for 9.0, but I'm much less sold that it's a good idea to change the meaning of the parameter in minor releases of 8.4 and 8.3. Aren't you risking breaking installations that work now? regards, tom lane