Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@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>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, 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: 2024-03-27T17:05:08Z

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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

>
> The purpose of the setting is to prevent <emphasis>accidental</emphasis>
> modifications via <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> in environments where


The emphasis on 'accidental' seems a bit heavy here, and odd. Surely, just
"to prevent modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where..." is
enough?

Cheers,
Greg