| From: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
| Subject: | Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog |
| Date: | 2016-10-14 17:19:02 |
| Message-ID: | 20161014171902.nb3hyg6koemwbzhb@msg.df7cb.de |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-hackers |
Re: Stephen Frost 2016-10-14 <20161014113523(dot)GZ13284(at)tamriel(dot)snowman(dot)net>
> > We have a tool called pg_xlogdump in the standard installation. initdb
> > has an option --xlogdir, pg_basebackup has --xlog and others. Renaming
> > the xlog directory would make this all a bit confusing, unless we're
> > prepared to rename the programs and options as well.
>
> pg_xlogdump is not a user-facing tool, frankly, so I don't believe we
> should be terribly concerned about either leaving it named as-is or
> renaming it. I agree that we should consider adding alternative names
> to the options for initdb and pg_basebackup.
There's actually another instance of "rename so people shoot their
feet less often" here: pg_resetxlog, which is a user-facing tool.
Folks on #postgresql have repeatedly been joking that it should rather
be named pg_eatmydata, given the number of "howtos" on the web that
make use of it. Maybe this is the chance to find a less
innocent-sounding name. (Or add a mandatory --rewind-my-data switch.)
Christoph
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Heikki Linnakangas | 2016-10-14 17:44:12 | Re: signal handling in plpython |
| Previous Message | Oskari Saarenmaa | 2016-10-14 17:08:33 | Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog |