Re: pgsql: Rename logical decoding's pg_llog directory to pg_logical.

On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:

> Rename logical decoding's pg_llog directory to pg_logical.
>
> The old name wasn't very descriptive as of actual contents of the
> directory, which are historical snapshots in the snapshots/
> subdirectory and mappingdata for rewritten tuples in
> mappings/. There's been a fair amount of discussion what would be a
> good name. I'm settling for pg_logical because it's likely that
> further data around logical decoding and replication will need saving
> in the future.
>
> Also add the missing entry for the directory into storage.sgml's list
> of PGDATA contents.
>
> Bumps catversion as the data directories won't be compatible.
>
Shouldn't this commit be backpatched as well to REL9_4_STABLE. I am failing
to see the point of having the folder used for logical decoding named
pg_llog in 9.4 and pg_logical in 9.5. This is creating inconsistencies
between major versions.
Regards,
--
Michael