Ron Mayer <rm_pg@cheapcomplexdevices.com> writes:
> The most unambiguous behavior would be to not have
> commented out values in the config file at all.
Yeah, Robert Treat suggested that upthread, and I think it's been pushed
by others too.
The only argument I can see against it is that it'll take longer for the
system to process such a file; but do we really care about a few more
microseconds to respond to SIGHUP?
This does not address the problem that changing PGC_POSTMASTER values in
the file won't do anything without a postmaster restart. Greg Stark's
suggestion of marking each PGC_POSTMASTER variable with a warning
comment in postgresql.conf seems reasonable to me, though.
So, the low-tech solution to these gripes seems to be:* uncomment all the entries in postgresql.conf* add comments to
flagthe values that can't be changed by SIGHUP
Can we agree on taking these measures?
regards, tom lane