Re: Command tags in create/drop scripts

Added to TODO:

* Prefix command-line utilities like createuser with 'pg_'

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-06/msg00025.php

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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> > Tom Lane wrote:
> > >Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > >>Is this a TODO?
> > >
> > >I don't think so; there is no demand from anybody but Zdenek to remove
> > >those programs. Has it ever even come up before?
>
> Personally I found really strange to have "createuser" and "createdb"
> shipped by Postgres when I started using it. I just didn't complain.
>
> > "pg_ctl -D <path> init" instead of initdb command?
>
> Seems a reasonable thing to do too. Harder to type for developers, but
> how much of a problem this is for real users? And developers can script
> the thing anyway so I don't think this is a real problem.
>
> One idea is to move the offending binaries into libexec, and have pg_ctl
> or other helpers (pg_cmd) call them; and where compatibility with the
> old versions is requested, create symlinks in bindir.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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