Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_* - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*
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Msg-id 2341.1149805682@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: TODO: Rename some /contrib modules from pg* to pg_*  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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"Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com> writes:
> 1. Fix makefiles so that contrib modules such as pgcrypto are not pg_crypto
> 2. Move directories to reflect above
> 3. Fix source and makefiles within sub project directories to create 
> binaries and libs with correct output.. thus libpgcrypto.so.0.0 would 
> become libpg_crypto.so.0.0

That will lose the CVS history of the modules, which is not worth the
small benefit gained from more consistent-looking names.  Renaming
existing shared libraries is also a very bad idea, because it will
break existing dump scripts.

I don't know when that TODO item got put in, but it's a stupid idea.
        regards, tom lane


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