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Re: BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing
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Msg-id 20190508131459.GD3712@paquier.xyz
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In response to BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing  (PG Bug reporting form <noreply@postgresql.org>)
Responses Re: BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 09:52:33AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> I think vacuumlo's name is confusing, especially for newbies. As we know,
> vacuumlo's purpose is to remove orphaned large objects, not to vacuum
> them.
> Is it possible to rename this utility? I am sorry, if it is already
> discussed.

The tool is old enough to vote (94bb87f from 1999), and holds this
name since its birth.  So a renaming may be more annoying than
anything else I am afraid.
--
Michael
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