Amit Kapila <amit.kapil...@gmail.com> writes: > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:57 PM, MauMau <maumau...@gmail.com> wrote: >> To follow this, we have the line as: >> >> #event_source = 'PostgreSQL 9.4' >> >> But this requires us to change this line for each major release. That's a >> maintenance headache.
> What I had in mind was to change it during initdb, we are already doing it > for some other parameter (unix_socket_directories), What happens when somebody copies their postgresql.conf from an older version? That's hardly uncommon, even though it might be considered bad practice. I don't think it's a good idea to try to insert a version identifier this way. But ... what's the point of including the PG version in this string anyhow? If you're trying to make the string unique across different installations on the same machine, it's surely insufficient, and if that's not the point then what is? regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers