Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
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Msg-id 11558.1484246794@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> writes:
> I just don't buy this argument, at all.  These functions names are
> certainly not the only things we're changing with PG10 and serious
> monitoring/backup/administration tools are almost certainly going to
> have quite a bit to adjust to with the new release, and that isn't news
> to anyone who works with PG.

Hmm --- we've been conducting this argument in a vacuum, but you're right,
we should consider what else is changing in v10.  If you can point to
already-committed changes that mean that code using these functions will
almost certainly need changes anyway for v10, then that would greatly
weaken the argument for providing aliases.
        regards, tom lane



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