calling for a new workspace sizing concept - Re: auto-tune ws / headroom poc

[Dridi Boukelmoune]

On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 2:11 PM, Nils Goroll <slink at schokola.de> wrote:
> On 30/01/18 14:08, Dridi Boukelmoune wrote:
>> Instead to new xxx_headroom knobs, why not recycle the existing workspace_xxx
>> parameters to take their values _in addition to_ related parameters and maybe
>> document it as such?
>
> I wouldn't oppose to this option, but this would lead to a significant increase
> of actual workspace sizes for those users who are unaware of the change.

Agreed, but in both cases we'd need to change our defaults to match
the change and users should read release notes before upgrading :)

> Using new parameter names and making the old ones read-only would raise
> awareness for the change.
>
> My preference would be the latter, but I'm ok with the former if we reach consensus.
>
> Nils