Re: pgsql: Raise maximum value of several timeout parameters

On 03/17/2011 02:25 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Raise maximum value of several timeout parameters
>
> The maximum value of deadlock_timeout, max_standby_archive_delay,
> max_standby_streaming_delay, log_min_duration_statement, and
> log_autovacuum_min_duration was INT_MAX/1000 milliseconds, which is
> about 35min, which is too short for some practical uses.  Raise the
> maximum value to INT_MAX; the code that uses the parameters already
> supports that just fine.
>
>


Did we not intend to backpatch this? The max_standby_*_delay settings
are particularly worrisome to me, and ISTM there's a good case for
calling these just bugs. Surely nobody is relying on the maximum value
being 35 minutes.

cheers

andrew