> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us] > Yeah, I think I agree. It would be bad to disable it by default on Unix, > because ps(1) is a very standard tool there, but the same argument doesn't > hold for Windows.
It seems that we could reach a consensus. The patch is attached. I'll add this to the next CommitFest. > Another route to a solution would be to find a cheaper way to update the > process title on Windows ... has anyone looked for alternatives?
I couldn't find an alternative solution after asking some Windows support staff.
FWIW, I remember this from back in the days when this was written. We kind of expected this would be slow already back then, but couldn't find a better way at the time either. And back then, I guess there were just enough *other* things that were slow with pg-on-windows that it didn't become as obvious.
So - +1 for changing the defaults as suggested.
What's our take on backpatching such changes? Should this be 9.6 only, or back further?