Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension

On lör, 2009-11-14 at 14:50 +0100, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut píše v so 14. 11. 2009 v 10:41 +0200:
> > On tor, 2009-09-17 at 21:43 +0200, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> > > Attached patch extends pg_ctl command with init option.
> > >
> > > pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres [-s] init
> > >
> > > This should replace usage of initdb command which has problematic name
> > > as we already discussed several times. Initdb binary will be still
> > > there, but it can be renamed and move into execlib dir in the future.
> > >
> > > Patch does not contains documentation changes. They will depends on
> > > decision which database initialization method will be preferred.
> >
> > OK, let's see. The patch is pretty straightforward, but does anyone
> > else actually want this? Comments?
> >
>
> Maybe we could ask on general where is more admins. I will send voting
> email.

I think this is over now. There was some support, some "don't care, but
could make sense", and no one violently objecting, so please finish the
patch up with documentation, and it can go in as far as I'm concerned.

Someone was proposing that pg_ctl initdb be an alias to pg_ctl init.
Perhaps you could add that.