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

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