Re: [patch] pg_basebackup: mention that spread checkpoints are the default in --help

Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>

From: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>
To: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Michael Banck <mbanck@gmx.net>
Date: 2023-10-20T09:03:05Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi,

> On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 10:30:04PM +0200, Michael Banck wrote:
> > Hrm right, but those have multiple options and they do not enumerate
> > them in the help string as do -F and -c - not sure what general project
> > policy here is for mentioning defaults in --help, I will check some of
> > the other commands.
>
> Then comes the point that this bloats the --help output.  A bunch of
> system commands I use on a daily-basis outside Postgres don't do that,
> so it's kind of hard to put a line on what's good or not in this area
> while we have the SGML and man pages to do the job, with always more
> details.

Right. Then I suggest merging the patch as is.

-- 
Best regards,
Aleksander Alekseev



Commits

  1. Show the default checkpoint method in the pg_basebackup help message