| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(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>, 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: | 2017-01-29 23:45:30 |
| Message-ID: | 20170129234530.y5gfpmasun233wud@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2017-01-28 08:47:03 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 28, 2017 at 8:03 AM, Peter Eisentraut
> <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> > On 1/26/17 2:05 PM, Robert Haas wrote:
> >> I do not think it can be right to rename the directory and not
> >> anything else.
> >
> > I think this is the root of the confusion.
> >
> > A lot of people apparently consented to renaming pg_xlog with the
> > understanding that that's it, whereas other people understood it as
> > consensus for renaming everything.
> >
> > You really have (at least) three options here:
> >
> > 1. Rename nothing
> > 2. Rename directory only
> > 3. Rename everything
> >
> > and you need to count the votes of each pair separately.
>
> 4. Rename everything with aliases.
>
> I would vote for 4., or 3. for consistency if 4. is not an eligible choice.
2, 4, 1, 3
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