On 2012-11-30 14:35:37 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > > Does anybody have an argument against changing the default value? > > Well, the disadvantage of it is that the standby can bloat the master, > which might be surprising to some people, too. But I don't really > have a lot of skin in this game.
Sure, thats a problem. But ISTM that its a problem everyone running postgres has to know about anyway from running the master itself. > While we're talking about changing defaults, how about changing the > default value of the recovery.conf parameter 'standby_mode' to on? > Not sure about anybody else, but I never want it any other way. Hm. But only if there is a recovery.conf I guess? Andres -- Andres Freund http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers