Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, 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>, 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 21:08:46
Message-ID: 20170209210846.44bajra6p376yxr6@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2017-02-09 13:03:41 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Counter-argument: moving the directory is going to break many tools
> anyway, so why bother with function aliases?

There's not actually that many tools affected by renaming pg_xlog,
i.e. there are tools that aren't affected by the rename at all, but do
calle *xlog* functions.

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