Re: pgsql: Rename logical decoding's pg_llog directory to pg_logical.

On 2014-07-09 13:00:15 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>
> > Rename logical decoding's pg_llog directory to pg_logical.
> >
> > The old name wasn't very descriptive as of actual contents of the
> > directory, which are historical snapshots in the snapshots/
> > subdirectory and mappingdata for rewritten tuples in
> > mappings/. There's been a fair amount of discussion what would be a
> > good name. I'm settling for pg_logical because it's likely that
> > further data around logical decoding and replication will need saving
> > in the future.
> >
> > Also add the missing entry for the directory into storage.sgml's list
> > of PGDATA contents.
> >
> > Bumps catversion as the data directories won't be compatible.
> >
> Shouldn't this commit be backpatched as well to REL9_4_STABLE. I am failing
> to see the point of having the folder used for logical decoding named
> pg_llog in 9.4 and pg_logical in 9.5. This is creating inconsistencies
> between major versions.

Yes, you're right. Will backpatch.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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