REPACK and naming

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Subject: REPACK and naming
Date: 2025-09-16 16:40:46
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I am starting to get worried about the confusing of adding a REPACK
command. We already have a lot of confusion around vacuum and analyze:

* autoanalyze does vacuum and analyze
* VACUUM FULL is much different from VACUUM

It seems if we add REPACK as a command, it is somewhere between VACUUM
FULL and VACUUM in severity/impact. Should we be rethinking the naming
in this area?

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