On 2025/07/06 1:13, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
>> I'm kind of down on changing the unit, because it will *silently*
>> break configuration files where the value was set without a unit.
>
> Oh, wait a second. I just noticed that this variable is new in v18.
> So there won't be a compatibility issue as long as we change it in
> v18 too. So changing it to a base of seconds seems sufficient,
> and more in line with existing practice:
Yes!
It seems there are currently no clear objections to the patch that
changes the unit of idle_replication_slot_timeout to seconds.
If that's the case, I'm planning to commit it to both master and v18.
Regards,
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Fujii Masao
NTT DATA Japan Corporation