Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 12:27 PM, Alvaro Herrera
> <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> There have been complaints that pg_receivexlog's name is not consistent
>> with pg_recvlogical, and I seem to recall there were some votes for
>> renaming pg_receivexlog to match. We could make it "pg_recvwal" now.
> ... I would prefer not to go there.
I agree. "pg_recvlogical" was a badly chosen name; let's not double
down on the error.
What I think might be worth considering is inserting underscores,
eg "pg_receive_wal", anywhere that we are running the abbreviation
directly against another word. We won't get another chance.
regards, tom lane
