On 2013-08-01 14:37:45 -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Alvaro Herrera (alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com) wrote: > > Andres Freund wrote: > > > > > Postgresql.auto.conf.d is what I'd propose, but the decision about > > > that seems to be one of the smaller problems around this feature... > > > That naming seems to make it sensible to extend other files (hba, > > > ident) similarly at a later point. > > > > I don't like this particular naming proposal, but I'm glad this patch > > finally seems to be getting somewhere. > > Yeah, also not a fan. We don't have any 'conf.d' directories in PGDATA > and I don't think we should start now. I liked Josh's suggestions of > something like "system_conf". For multiple independent config files, we > could use directories under that (eg: 'pgconf', 'pghba', 'pgident'..).
People know what to expect from .d directories, that's why I suggested it, don't feel really strongly about it. I dislike naming the subdirectories pgconf/... et al though, we should reference the original files name, instead of introducing new abbreviations. Greetings, Andres Freund -- 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
