Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Craig Ringer <craig(dot)ringer(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Subject: Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog
Date: 2016-10-20 15:48:33
Message-ID: 4861.1476978513@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> One idea would be to rename pg_resetxlog to pg_resetwal. I think
> that's actually an improvement.

This would fit in as part of a general plan to s/xlog/wal/g throughout
our user-visible names and documentation. Which seems like a good idea
to me; there's no need to expose two different terms for the same thing.

(I don't feel a great need to unify the terminology in the code, though.
Just in stuff users see.)

regards, tom lane

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