PostgreSQL TODO List
====================
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
-Last updated: Fri Jun 17 21:45:55 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jun 23 17:28:04 EDT 2005
The most recent version of this document can be viewed at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html.
This would require a new global table that is dumped to flat file for
use by the postmaster. We do a similar thing for pg_shadow currently.
-* Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions
-
- Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as
- though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be
- cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination
- because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they
- have run the query cancel cleanup routine.
-
+* Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either
+ via an SQL function or SIGTERM
* Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
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<h1><a name="section_1">PostgreSQL TODO List</a></h1>
<p>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<a href="mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</a>)<br/>
-Last updated: Fri Jun 17 21:45:55 EDT 2005
+Last updated: Thu Jun 23 17:28:04 EDT 2005
</p>
<p>The most recent version of this document can be viewed at<br/>
<a href="http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html">http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.TODO.html</a>.
<p> This would require a new global table that is dumped to flat file for
use by the postmaster. We do a similar thing for pg_shadow currently.
</p>
- </li><li>Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions
-<p> Right now, SIGTERM will terminate a session, but it is treated as
- though the postmaster has paniced and shared memory might not be
- cleaned up properly. A new signal is needed for safe termination
- because backends must first do a query cancel, then exit once they
- have run the query cancel cleanup routine.
-</p>
+ </li><li>Allow administrators to safely terminate individual sessions either
+ via an SQL function or SIGTERM
</li><li>Un-comment all variables in postgresql.conf
<p> By not showing commented-out variables, we discourage people from
thinking that re-commenting a variable returns it to its default.