Re: new --maintenance-db options

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> About the new --maintenance-db options:
>
> Why was this option not added to createuser and dropuser? In the
> original discussion[0] they were mentioned, but it apparently never made
> it into the code.
>
> I find the name to be unfortunate. For example, I think of running
> vacuum as "maintenance". So running vacuumdb --maintenance-db=X would
> imply that the vacuum maintenance is done on X. In fact, the whole
> point of this option is to find out where the maintenance is to be run,
> not to run the maintenance. Maybe something like --initial-db would be
> better?
>

I'm not saying it's the best name, but I suspect the origin is pgAdmin
which has used 'Maintenance DB' for 10+ years. There's likely a certain
amount of familiarity with the term amonst pgAdmin users.

--
Dave Page
Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
Twitter: @pgsnake

EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company