| From: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Verite <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, 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>, 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: | 2017-02-09 20:57:35 |
| Message-ID: | 20170209205735.oc6rwjnwvhsaxhrn@alap3.anarazel.de |
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On 2017-02-09 15:53:47 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Josh Berkus (josh(at)berkus(dot)org) wrote:
> > What I'm voting against is the idea that we'll have aliases in core, but
> > remove them in two releases. Either that's unrealistic, or it's just
> > prolonging the pain.
>
> Waiting 10+ years doesn't make the pain go away when it comes to
> removing things like that.
That's ridiculous. I think we can fairly argue whether backward compat
is worth it, but claiming that migrations to something new aren't easier
if there's a number of versions that support both the old and the new
names/syntax/whatnot is obviously wrong.
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