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Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>

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From: Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Hans-Juergen Schoenig <postgres@cybertec.at>
Date: 2008-08-20T08:18:19Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> On Tuesday 19 August 2008 19:12:16 Tom Lane wrote:
>> Well, why not just make a one-eighty and say that the default
>> postgresql.conf is *empty* (except for whatever initdb puts into it)?
>
> Well, my original implementation of GUC had an empty default  
> configuration
> file, which was later craptaculated to its current form based on  
> seemingly
> popular demand.  I am very happy to work back toward the empty  
> state, and
> there appears to be growing support for that.

Yeah, +1 from me.

Perhaps we should still add some comments about the parameters changed  
most often, including a link to the documentation of GUC parameters.  
As a kind of starting point for (new) users.

Best Regards
Michael Paesold