I think the list is great, show what can be configured rather than
guessing/digging to find it, where it belongs, in what order (if any), etc.
etc. etc.
The only addition I could think would be to label (default value).
Needless, I like it.. :)
At 1/24/2001 01:03 PM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian writes:
> >
> > > I have added all possible config options to postgresql.conf.sample.
> >
> > It was actually fully intentional that there was *no* list of all possible
> > config options in the sample file, because
> >
> > 1) Who's going to maintain this?
> >
> > 2) People should read the documentation before messing with options.
> >
> > (" is not the correct string delimiter either.)
>
>Changed to ''. Thanks.
>
> >
> > I have bad experiences with sample config files. The first thing I
> > usually do is delete them and dig up the documentation.
> >
> > Do other people have comments on this issue?
>
>I have marked all places where these defaults are set in the C code,
>pointing them to update postgresql.conf.sample.
>
>I found it is nice to see a nice list of all options for quick review.
>It makes the file much more useful, I think.