Re: BUG #18343: Incorrect description in postgresql.conf for max_parallel_workers_per_gather

Christopher Kline <kline.christopher@gmail.com>

From: Christopher Kline <kline.christopher@gmail.com>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-02-15T20:29:06Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs
Agreed.

On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 2:42 PM David G. Johnston <
david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 15, 2024 at 10:31 AM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>
>> Christopher Kline <kline.christopher@gmail.com> writes:
>> > Thank you all for the clarification. I like David Johnston's suggestion
>> of
>> > # capped at max_parallel_workers
>> > That clearly defines the constraint.
>>
>> I was thinking perhaps "# limited by max_parallel_workers"
>> or something like that.  "Capped at" isn't phraseology we
>> use elsewhere.
>>
>>
> "limited by" is indeed better IMO as well.
>
> David J.
>

Commits

  1. Doc: improve a couple of comments in postgresql.conf.sample.