Re: [HACKERS] New INSTALL text file

On 2000-01-20, Mike Mascari mentioned:

> There are only two things I would want to see different. The
> first is the example of running configure. Even though it is
> beyond silly to think that people will interpret step 4
> literally, I guarantee you some will, and will try to enter: 
> 
> "./configure [ options ]"

Good point.

> The only other thing is if somewhere there is a mention of the -o
> -F options for the backend, suggesting its possible use. Since
> fsync() is on by default, many people who don't dig into the docs
> and are just trying PostgreSQL to see if its a plausible solution
> may dismiss it out-of-hand for performance reasons. Even though I
> know robustness is the #1 criteria for a RDBMS, I personally
> believe fsync() should be *off* by default, but I know I'm in the
> minority.

This sounds like solicitation to bait-and-switch. As I understand it, the
official (at least as official as it gets around here) recommendation is
to leave fsynch on. Otherwise this would have to be discussed. I
furthermore believe that read only commands (SELECT) will no longer do an
fsynch in 7.0., so the incentive to turn it off is not so big anymore. ???

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