doc: Improve description of wal_compression REL_16_STABLE github/REL_16_STABLE
authorMichael Paquier <[email protected]>
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:25:54 +0000 (13:25 +0900)
committerMichael Paquier <[email protected]>
Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:25:54 +0000 (13:25 +0900)
commitd16ed88f040b4aaf32f3df0ff4e07ae3f798cf71
tree8d240abb70adf96dd8589e0afe3e80b1eb6c024d
parentfea1cc3f75ff6376e27ceb43a655c403f2fe31ef
doc: Improve description of wal_compression

The description of this GUC provides a list of the situations where
full-page writes are generated.  However, it is not completely exact,
mentioning only the cases where full_page_writes=on or base backups.  It
is possible to generate full-page writes in more situations than these
two, making the description confusing as it implies that no other cases
exist.

The description is slightly reworded to take into account that other
cases are possible, without mentioning them directly to minimize the
maintenance burden should FPWs be generated in more contexts in the
future.

Author: Jingtang Zhang <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Andrey Borodin <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Xuneng Zhou <[email protected]>
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAPsk3_CtAYa_fy4p6=x7qtoutrdKvg1kGk46D5fsE=sMt2546g@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 13
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