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
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Show the default checkpoint method in the pg_basebackup help message
- cd02b35a4609 17.0 landed