> Now that the postmaster takes a noticeable amount of time to
> shut down, I'm wondering if pg_ctl's default about whether or not
> to wait ought to be reversed. That is, "-w" would become the norm,
> and some new switch ("-n" maybe) would be needed if you didn't want
> it to wait.
>
> Comments?
Agreed.
Actually, without -m f|i flag to pg_ctl and with active sessions 7.0.X
postmaster shuts down long time too.
Vadim