On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 at 22:15, Maciek Sakrejda <m.sakrejda@gmail.com> wrote:
> In this case, the end user with access to Postgres superuser
> privileges presumably also has access to the outside configuration
> mechanism. The goal is not to prevent them from changing settings, but
> to offer guard rails that prevent them from changing settings in a way
> that will be unstable (revertible by a future update) or confusing
> (not showing up in a management UI).
Great explanation! Attached is a much changed patch that updates to
docs and code to reflect this. I particularly liked your use of the
word "guard rail" as that reflects the intent of the feature very well
IMO. So I included that wording in both the GUC group and the error
code.