Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

From: Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov(at)google(dot)com>
To: Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br>
Cc: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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: 2017-01-12 18:04:15
Message-ID: CAE1wr-wBerNRsYC0AxA3W61-=YsTJ04oY-KsFjviqNQ8S7Tcvg@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Euler Taveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com(dot)br> wrote:

> As Robert suggested in the other email: extension to create old names.

I don't follow the reasoning for the extension. It seem to have downsides
of both alternatives combined: we still break people's code, and we add
even more maintenance burden than just keeping aliases.

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Vladimir Rusinov
Storage SRE, Google Ireland

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