| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(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>, 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>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, 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 17:41:33 |
| Message-ID: | 21041.1485452493@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> There have been complaints that pg_receivexlog's name is not consistent
>> with pg_recvlogical, and I seem to recall there were some votes for
>> renaming pg_receivexlog to match. We could make it "pg_recvwal" now.
> ... I would prefer not to go there.
I agree. "pg_recvlogical" was a badly chosen name; let's not double
down on the error.
What I think might be worth considering is inserting underscores,
eg "pg_receive_wal", anywhere that we are running the abbreviation
directly against another word. We won't get another chance.
regards, tom lane
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