| From: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
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| To: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal |
| Date: | 2017-02-09 20:42:47 |
| Message-ID: | 20170209204247.GT9812@tamriel.snowman.net |
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* Josh Berkus (josh(at)berkus(dot)org) wrote:
> On 02/09/2017 11:08 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Agreed, let's just get it done.
> >
> > Although this doesn't really settle whether we ought to do 3a (with
> > backwards-compatibility function aliases in core) or 3b (without 'em).
> > Do people want to re-vote, understanding that those are the remaining
> > choices?
>
> Does 3a) mean keeping the aliases more-or-less forever?
>
> If not, I vote for 3b. If we're going to need to break stuff, let's
> just do it.
>
> If we can keep the aliases for 6-10 years, then I see no reason not to
> have them (3a). They're not exactly likely to conflict with user-chosen
> names.
When we remove pg_shadow, then I'll be willing to agree that maybe we
can start having things in PG for a couple releases that are just for
backwards-compatibility and will actually be removed later.
History has shown that's next to impossible, however.
Thanks!
Stephen
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