Re: Default mode for shutdown

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Really? �Personally I'm quite happy with that default.

> Why?  It seems to me that just leads to, oh, gee, the database isn't
> shutting down, where's the window where I failed to exit a session?

Yeah, and more to the point, do I want to finish whatever I was doing in
that window?  Fast-by-default is a nice hammer to swing, but one day
you'll pound your finger.
        regards, tom lane