Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> > On 2016-08-26 17:31:14 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> >> I agree with all that. But the subject line is specifically about
> >> moving pg_xlog. So if your opinion is that we shouldn't move pg_xlog,
> >> then that is noted. But if we were to move it, we can think about a
> >> good place to move it to.
> >
> > I think it's probably worth moving pg_xlog, because the benefit also
> > includes preventing a few users from shooting themselves somewhere
> > vital. That's imo much less the case for some of the other moves. But I
> > still don't think think a largescale reorganization is a good idea,
> > it'll just stall and nothing will happen.
>
> OK, so let's focus only on the renaming mentioned in $subject. So far
> as I can see on this thread, here are the opinions of people who
> clearly gave one:
> - Rename them, hard break is OK: Michael P, Bruce, Stephen (depends on
> David's input), Magnus
> - Rename them, hard break not OK: Fujii-san (perhaps do nothing?)
> - Do nothing: Simon (add a README), Tom, Peter E

I'm for renaming too, but I'd go with Peter E's suggestion: move pg_xlog
to something like $PGDATA/var/wal or $PGDATA/srv/wal or something like that.

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