| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(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>, 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: | 2017-02-06 04:24:04 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqQh3FXJ96qXfhbhNqMAA-73E4AHXry0CC6SM+ed8+atJg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 5:21 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
>> Daniel,
>>
>> * Daniel Verite (daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org) wrote:
>>> What if we look at the change from the pessimistic angle?
>>> An example of confusion that the change would create:
>>> a lot of users currently choose pg_wal for the destination
>>> directory of their archive command. Less-informed users
>>> that set up archiving and/or log shipping in PG10 based on
>>> advice online from previous versions will be fairly
>>> confused about the missing pg_xlog, and the fact that the
>>> pg_wal directory they're supposed to create already exists.
>>
>> One would hope that they would realize that's not going to work
>> when they set up PG10. If they aren't paying attention sufficient
>> to realize that then it seems entirely likely that they would feel
>> equally safe removing the contents of a directory named 'pg_xlog'.
>
> So... somebody want to tally up the votes here?
Here is what I have, 6 votes clearly stated:
1. Rename nothing: Daniel,
2. Rename directory only: Andres
3. Rename everything: Stephen, Vladimir, David S, Michael P (with
aliases for functions, I could live without at this point...)
> And... was this discussed at the FOSDEM developer meeting?
>
> (Please say yes.)
Looking only at the minutes, the answer is no:
https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/FOSDEM/PGDay_2017_Developer_Meeting
--
Michael
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