Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)berkus(dot)org>, 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: 2017-02-10 00:37:01
Message-ID: 20170210003701.d62z77zt73ow4t7y@alap3.anarazel.de
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On 2017-02-09 19:19:21 -0500, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Robert Haas (robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 4:24 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > > Also, our experience with contrib/tsearch2 suggests that the extension
> > > shouldn't be part of contrib, because we have zero track record of getting
> > > rid of stuff in contrib, no matter how dead it is.
> >
> > Let's nuke tsearch2 to remove this adverse precedent, and then add the
> > new thing.
> >
> > Anybody who still wants tsearch2 can go get it from an old version, or
> > somebody can maintain a fork on github.
>
> Works for me.

+1

> I'd love to nuke pg_shadow and all the other
> not-really-maintained backwards-compat things from when roles were
> added too.

Not sure if it's worth the work to rip out and such, but I'm mildly
supportive of this one too. Depends a bit on what all the other things
are ;)

Andres

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