Re: script binaries renaming

From: Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek(dot)Kotala(at)Sun(dot)COM>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: script binaries renaming
Date: 2007-07-07 17:12:32
Message-ID: 468FC980.9020105@sun.com
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Dave Page wrote:
> On Fri, July 6, 2007 8:51 am, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2007 17:04 schrieb Zdenek Kotala:
>>> I attach complete patch which renames following binaries
>>>
>>> createdb createlang createuser dropdb droplang dropuser clusterdb
>>> vacuumdb reindexdb
>> I just want to say I dislike this idea.
>
> This is almost as bad as Magnus agreeing with JD (!), but I agree with
> Peter :-). After years of typing the current names, changing them does
> seem somewhat annoying. Worse yet, pg_* is just awkward to type.

But these utilities are mostly using in scripts -> one type, multi use.
I think, most users prefer psql for interactive typing.

Zdenek

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