From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> |
Cc: | taem(at)linukz(dot)org, pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing |
Date: | 2019-05-08 13:25:50 |
Message-ID: | 23675.1557321950@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> writes:
> On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 09:52:33AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
>> I think vacuumlo's name is confusing, especially for newbies. As we know,
>> vacuumlo's purpose is to remove orphaned large objects, not to vacuum
>> them.
>> Is it possible to rename this utility? I am sorry, if it is already
>> discussed.
> The tool is old enough to vote (94bb87f from 1999), and holds this
> name since its birth. So a renaming may be more annoying than
> anything else I am afraid.
Yeah, the backwards-compatibility hit seems rather disproportionate
to the value of a change.
Also, I'm not really convinced that a name change would be much of
an improvement. Zapping unreferenced large objects is sort of like
what VACUUM does, if you aren't too picky about details ...
regards, tom lane
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