| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | "Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
| Cc: | "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, "Andreas Pflug" <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de>, "Dave Page" <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>, "Josh Berkus" <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Utility database (Was: RE: Autovacuum in the backend) |
| Date: | 2005-06-17 14:34:59 |
| Message-ID: | 20601.1119018899@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Magnus Hagander" <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> writes:
> It wouldn't just be "default to connect to", it would also be "location
> for tools to store cluster-wide information". Which makes pg_system a
> slightly more reasonable name in that context, but i certainly have no
> problem with "default" as a name.
Well, where a tool chooses to install stuff is the business of that
tool; there isn't any particular reason to think that default would
suddenly become a preferred choice, I think.
I dislike the name pg_system because it implies that that DB is somehow
special from the point of view of the system ... which is exactly what
it would *not* be.
regards, tom lane
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