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

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
Date
Msg-id 20170126182128.2ku2nxvagfkpsvaz@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On 2017-01-24 16:47:29 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> I'm happy to go change every last bit of it.

I quite regret not aggressively opining against the renaming of pg_xlog
to pg_wal. I think the few users deleting their data don't weigh against
renaming a bunch of tools and function for some sense of
consistency. This will cause pain for a couple years - maybe it'll be
worth it 6-7 releases down the line, but I doubt before that.  But then
the original discussion was about renaming pg_xlog, not about a general
s/xlog/$something/.

- Andres



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