| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, 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 19:24:30 |
| Message-ID: | 20170126192430.deos3n23ggrxliez@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2017-01-26 12:23:24 -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:13 PM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> >
> >
> Whether the voters recognized that fact at the time I would have to concur
> that if we are going to change from xlog to wal we should be all-in. If
> you want to vote to reject putting the whole camel in the tent I would say
> its a vote for reverting the change that put the camel's nose in there in
> the first place.
WTF.
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