| From: | Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Cynthia Shang <cynthia(dot)shang(at)crunchydata(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal |
| Date: | 2016-12-30 11:42:41 |
| Message-ID: | CAB7nPqT3a9MAmnK_HFzC+oDVnbAANvWwnN-dOy+0AAiG_X1+kA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net> wrote:
> All backwards incompatible changes are judgement calls and people are
> certainly welcome to have different opinions. I have a pretty strong
> feeling about this particular change being worthwhile and also pretty
> long overdue.
The renaming is definitely worth it to be consistent with the new
pg_wal/. Now as in the case of those functions we have ways a simple
way to avoid useless pain to users we should really take it easy. So
introducing a set of aliases and deprecating them after a couple of
years is a fine plan IMO.
--
Michael
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