On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote: > > > Isn't "configuration" too generic a term for disabling ALTER SYSTEM? > > > > maybe "externally_managed_auto_config" > > How many people associate "auto" with ALTER SYSTEM? I assume not many. > > To me, externally_managed_configuration is promising a lot more than it > delivers because there is still a lot of ocnfiguration it doesn't > control. I am also confused why the purpose of the feature, external > management of configuation, is part of the variable name. We usually > name parameters for what they control.
I actually agree with this. I wasn't going to quibble with it because other people seemed to like it. But I think something like allow_alter_system would be better, as it would describe the exact thing that the parameter does, rather than how we think the parameter ought to be used. -- Robert Haas EDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
