On Thu, 2008-12-04 at 21:51 -0500, Greg Smith wrote: > On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, Robert Haas wrote: > > > Just let's please change it both places, rather than letting > > contrib/pgtune be a backdoor to get around not liking what initdb does. > > And similarly with the other parameters... > > Someone running pgtune has specifically asked for their database to be > tuned for performance; someone running initdb has not. It's not a > backdoor,
Right. > the defaults for a tuned small system and what comes out of > initdb have completely different priorities. IMO the priority of initdb is, "Get the damn thing running" > The linking of the two that > keeps happening in this thread makes no sense to me, and frankly I > consider the whole topic an off-topic distraction. > Agreed. Joshua D. Drake -- PostgreSQL Consulting, Development, Support, Training 503-667-4564 - http://www.commandprompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company, serving since 1997 -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers