-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.136 2007/08/04 01:26:53 tgl Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml,v 1.137 2007/08/13 19:27:11 tgl Exp $ -->
<chapter Id="runtime-config">
<title>Server Configuration</title>
commits. It is therefore possible, and useful, to have some
transactions commit synchronously and others asynchronously.
</para>
+
+<!-- this note should go away before release!! -->
+<note>
+ <para>
+ For testing purposes, <varname>synchronous_commit</varname> will
+ default to <literal>off</> until 8.3 release approaches.
+ </para>
+</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
* Written by Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>.
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.411 2007/08/08 16:00:46 tgl Exp $
+ * $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/backend/utils/misc/guc.c,v 1.412 2007/08/13 19:27:11 tgl Exp $
*
*--------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
NULL
},
&XactSyncCommit,
- true, NULL, NULL
+ /* XXX TEMPORARY FOR TESTING: sync commit should default to TRUE! */
+ false, NULL, NULL
},
{
{"zero_damaged_pages", PGC_SUSET, DEVELOPER_OPTIONS,
For All Releases (major, minor, beta, RC)
================
+*** SPECIAL FOR 8.3: don't forget to revert patch of 2007-08-13 that
+made synchronous_commit default to OFF. Affects this file, guc.c, and
+config.sgml.
+
* Release version number changes
o doc/bug.template
o bump Win32 interface version numbers