Re: Command tags in create/drop scripts

Is this a TODO?

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Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Tom Lane napsal(a):
> > Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> >> Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> >>>>> And what about replace all "scripts" by one command e.g pg_cmd with
> >>>>> following interface:
> >
> >> Well, I don't think rolling up the miscellaneous commands into a single
> >> binary with behaviour dependent on arg[0] is a bad idea.
> >
> > I don't think that responds to Zdenek's complaint though. He's unhappy
> > about polluting /usr/bin with commands like "createuser" --- which is
> > not an unreasonable gripe. AFAICS it doesn't help if "createuser"
> > is a link to a single executable rather than a file of its own.
>
> Yes, It was one idea (after midnight :-) how to keep backward
> compatibility for next few releases, but better solution is keep old
> binaries for couple of release cycles.
>
> > But in the light of backwards-compatibility requirements, I can't see us
> > removing "createuser" from the distribution ... not in 8.4, nor several
> > releases thereafter.
>
> I agree, I only want to start discussion about new command which will
> replace old binaries. Old binaries will be marked as obsolete and they
> will be removed e.g. in 9.0. Until we do not have the new command we can
> not start thinking about remove old one. I think we can have new command
> ready for 8.4.
>
>
> Zdenek
>
>
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