Re: pg_ctl default shutdown mode

Since there were no comments, I'm going to make fast shutdown the default.

I wrote:

> Now that waiting for shutdown is the default, it seems that the default
> shutdown mode should also be one where there's a high chance of the
> shutdown actually happening.  As it stands, if there are connected
> clients, pg_ctl will wait for 60 or so seconds before proclaiming that the
> postmaster won't shut down.  This is not intuitive.
>
> The signal is still delivered, though, so the postmaster may silently shut
> down at any later time.  This can cause confusion.
>
> While the "smart" shutdown is a cute feature, a *stop* script should
> really stop the thing by default and allow the unusual behaviour to be
> selected with an option.

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