| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, 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>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(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: | 2017-01-26 19:13:39 |
| Message-ID: | 20170126191339.jfs3myvanomsk7ak@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2017-01-26 14:05:43 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> I completely understand that position. I have always been doubtful of
> the value of renaming pg_xlog to pg_wal, and I'm not any more
> dedicated to the idea now than I was when I committed that patch. But
> there was overwhelming support for it, consensus on a level rarely
> seen here.
I think that consistency was based on the change being a narrow
proposition, not a license to run around and change a lot of stuff
including the names of binary.
> I do not think it can be right to rename the directory and not
> anything else. I stand by what I wrote in
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CA+TgmobeHP2qbtMvYxG2x8Pm_9utjRya-rom5XL4QuyA26c1Gg@mail.gmail.com
I'm tempted to quote Emerson ;). I don't think the naming of pg_xlog
vs. pg_wal doesn't actually have that large an impact, to change the
dynamics of the wal vs xlog dichotomy. Sure it's nothing you'd do in a
new program, but neither is it very bad.
Andres
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