On Jul 6, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Robert Dionne wrote: > Perhaps it's a matter of documentation. Most users aren't going to think > about the finer points of fsync and so forth, but will care about perceived > out of the box performance. > > However there will be scenarios where ACID will matter very much and good > documentation will help these users make the tradeoff. I think a key point is > that users who do care are not harmed by the defaults. >
My general theory (extrapolating from my own behavior) is that no one reads documentation. Maybe the thing to do is to put a note about this config item somewhere prominent in Futon. The Configuration page is obvious, but not prominent enough. I agree we shouldn't change the default right before 1.0, but it wouldn't be hard to slip a note or warning into Futon, with perhaps a link to a wiki page. Anyone have any brilliant ideas about the best place to put this note? Chris
