Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

* Andres Freund (andres(at)anarazel(dot)de) wrote:
> 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

For me, it's: 3, 4, 1, 2.

I tend to agree with the other discussion, which points out that aliases
for everything isn't really practical..

Of course, I'd also like to drop things like pg_user and pg_shadow one
day... Never thought they'd last anywhere near this long when I first
wrote those views, 12 years ago...

Thanks!

Stephen