On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:34 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
>> On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Another approach is to change pg_dump so that it encloses the relopt
>>> values with single quotes. This is the same approach as what
>>> pg_dumpall does for database or role-specific settings.
>
>> To me, this doesn't seem nearly important enough to justify breaking
>> pg_dump compatibility.  AAUI, this is just a cosmetic improvement, so
>> we shouldn't break functional things for that.
>
> Indeed.  I am not convinced that pg_dump is the only client-side code
> that would get broken, either.
>
>>> Further other approach is to change the reloptions code so that it
>>> always stores the plain value without the units (i.e., 1000 is stored
>>> if 1s is specified in autovacuum_vacuum_cost_delay)in pg_class.
>
>> This seems like the way to go.

Agreed.

>
> Yeah, it's the best idea I can think of either.  It's a tad annoying but
> I think we don't want to take the compatibility risks of storing
> unit-ified values in reloptions.
>
> In the meantime, the buildfarm is still all red.  Can we please revert
> this patch until a fixed version is ready?

OK, reverted.

Regards,

-- 
Fujii Masao


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