Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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: 2017-01-26 22:18:26
Message-ID: 2a45ae0b-0fdd-1008-d24a-33fd8318faba@pgmasters.net
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On 1/26/17 5:07 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
>> And I think that's all pretty reasonable. I don't consider this a
>> done deal yet. I don't consider your -1 irrelevant. But I don't
>> think it's fair to present this as if I am somehow running roughshod
>> over community process, either. If a large crew of people show up to
>> insist that we should rename only the directories and nothing else, I
>> guess I'll have to live with that. But I think that's a bad decision
>> that will never survive the passage of time, and there seem to be
>> several people who agree with me.
>
> +1 (to the above, and the rest of Robert's comments on that email).
>
> For my 2c, I'm also in the crowd of forward or back, but don't leave it
> half-done. My preference is certainly to move forward with these
> changes, but I understand the process and if there's enough agreement
> that we just shouldn't make these changes, then we really shouldn't make
> any of them.

+1 for forward or back. I prefer forward but would take back over the
state we're in now.

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-David
david(at)pgmasters(dot)net

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