On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM Isaac Morland <isaac.morland@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 13:05, Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> wrote: >>> The purpose of the setting is to prevent <emphasis>accidental</emphasis> modifications via <literal>ALTER SYSTEM</literal> in environments where >> The emphasis on 'accidental' seems a bit heavy here, and odd. Surely, just "to prevent modifications via ALTER SYSTEM in environments where..." is enough? > Not necessarily disagreeing, but it's very important nobody ever mistake this for a security feature. I don't know if the extra word "accidental" is necessary, but I think that's the motivation.
I think the emphasis is entirely warranted in this case.
+1. And while "non-malicious" may technically be more correct, I don't think it's any clearer.