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Re: Possibility to disable `ALTER SYSTEM`

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, 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: 2024-03-27T22:09:02Z
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  1. Add allow_alter_system GUC.

  2. Rename COMPAT_OPTIONS_CLIENT to COMPAT_OPTIONS_OTHER.

  3. Remove support for version-0 calling conventions.

On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 11:05:55AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:43 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
> > Alright, changed the GUC name to "allow_alter_system" since that seems
> > to have the most "votes". One other option would be to call it simply
> > "alter_system", just like "jit" is not called "allow_jit" or
> > "enable_jit".
> >
> > But personally I feel that the "allow_alter_system" is clearer than
> > plain "alter_system" for the GUC name.
> 
> I agree, and have committed your 0001.

So, I email "Is this really a patch we think we can push into PG 17. I
am having my doubts," and the patch is applied a few hours after my
email.  Wow.

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