On 10/29/12 6:40 AM, Chris Corbyn wrote: > What's the use case of this? It sounds like it will just create a maintenance > nightmare where some stuff you expect to lookup in in postgresql.conf is > actually hiding in the .auto file. Assuming only super users/sysadmins would > have the ability to change things in the config file, wouldn't they be more > likely to just do it on the server and edit the .conf (which among other > things, keeps it tidy and orderly).
The use is the ability to manage dozens, or hundreds, of PostgreSQL servers via Port 5432. It would also make writing an auto-configurator easier. I agree that there's not much benefit if you're only managing a single PostgreSQL server. There's a lot of benefit for those of us who have to manage a lot of them though. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
