Re: [PATCH] Document wal_compression=on

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

To: John Naylor <johncnaylorls@gmail.com>

Cc: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2026-06-30T03:53:22Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 05:41:27PM +0700, John Naylor wrote:
> +        The value <literal>on</literal> is a deprecated alias for
> <literal>pglz</literal>.
> 
> "deprecated" implies we may remove it someday. I don't think we'd gain
> from doing that, but we could instead call 'on' a "historical
> spelling" of 'pglz'.

+1.
--
Michael

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