Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL General <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)
Date: 2008-03-26 19:06:08
Message-ID: 2734.1206558368@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Steve Atkins <steve(at)blighty(dot)com> writes:
> On Mar 26, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Steve Atkins wrote:
>>> "pg_ctl" to "safe_postgresqld",
>>
>> Now that's plain weird.

> Yes, it is. But if the goal is to make it more approachable for people
> who are familiar with mysql, but not prepared to read postgresql
> documentation it's also the obvious change to make.

If pg_ctl actually had any functional correspondence to safe_mysqld,
then maybe that would be a sane suggestion. But it doesn't.

regards, tom lane

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