Re: pg_controldata gobbledygook - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_controldata gobbledygook
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Msg-id 20130502143127.GC23555@momjian.us
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In response to Re: pg_controldata gobbledygook  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 08:51:23AM -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 5:08 AM, Andres Freund <andres@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> > I have to admit I don't see the point. None of those values is particularly
> > interesting to anybody without implementation level knowledge and those
> > will likely deal with them just fine. And I find the version with the
> > shorter names far quicker to read.
> > The clarity win here doesn't seem to be worth the price of potentially
> > breaking some tools.
> 
> +1.

FYI, pg_upgrade would certainly have to be updated to handle this
change.

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