| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(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>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>, David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(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: | 2017-01-27 23:47:03 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqTwB0BmbdDhF9Bqzjk1W0y=sNHcdDoRbd1iZqxZDekVYA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Peter Eisentraut
<peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> On 1/26/17 2:05 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
>> I do not think it can be right to rename the directory and not
>> anything else.
>
> I think this is the root of the confusion.
>
> A lot of people apparently consented to renaming pg_xlog with the
> understanding that that's it, whereas other people understood it as
> consensus for renaming everything.
>
> You really have (at least) three options here:
>
> 1. Rename nothing
> 2. Rename directory only
> 3. Rename everything
>
> and you need to count the votes of each pair separately.
4. Rename everything with aliases.
I would vote for 4., or 3. for consistency if 4. is not an eligible choice.
--
Michael
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