> On 23 Jan 2024, at 21:43, David G. Johnston <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 1:30 PM PG Doc comments form <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/continuous-archiving.html > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/continuous-archiving.html> > Description: > > I noticed, that in section 26.3.6.1. it's not specified, what the -X > parameter should be set to (stream or fetch, or whether it even matters). I > could continue with trial and error, but it confused me a bit. > > The -X parameter is documented to have a default; but since both fetch and > stream are documented to give you the same end result it doesn't matter. Of > course you cannot specify the none method.
Agreed. Still, it doesn't hurt to spell out what we take for granted but a newcomer have to figure out in order to make the documentation easy to follow for new users. Something like the attached would be enough I think. -- Daniel Gustafsson
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