Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

To: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>

Cc: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele.bartolini@enterprisedb.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus.hagander@redpill-linpro.com>, Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com>

Date: 2024-03-27T15:05:55Z

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Add allow_alter_system GUC.
- d3ae2a24f265 17.0 landed
Rename COMPAT_OPTIONS_CLIENT to COMPAT_OPTIONS_OTHER.
- de7e96bd0fc6 17.0 landed
Remove support for version-0 calling conventions.
- 5ded4bd21403 10.0 cited

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:43 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
> Alright, changed the GUC name to "allow_alter_system" since that seems
> to have the most "votes". One other option would be to call it simply
> "alter_system", just like "jit" is not called "allow_jit" or
> "enable_jit".
>
> But personally I feel that the "allow_alter_system" is clearer than
> plain "alter_system" for the GUC name.

I agree, and have committed your 0001.

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Robert Haas
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