If we are going to add ALTER SYSTEM, then I'd like to consider recasting ALTER ROLE ALL SET in terms of ALTER SYSTEM as well, because the ALTER ROLE ALL syntax was a hack. At least it should be possible to consider various levels of "system". Who knows, maybe a future version will allow propagating settings to standby servers? I don't know what a good terminology would be, but let's keep some options open.
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