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

From David Steele
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
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Msg-id 2a45ae0b-0fdd-1008-d24a-33fd8318faba@pgmasters.net
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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On 1/26/17 5:07 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
>> And I think that's all pretty reasonable.  I don't consider this a
>> done deal yet.  I don't consider your -1 irrelevant.  But I don't
>> think it's fair to present this as if I am somehow running roughshod
>> over community process, either.  If a large crew of people show up to
>> insist that we should rename only the directories and nothing else, I
>> guess I'll have to live with that.  But I think that's a bad decision
>> that will never survive the passage of time, and there seem to be
>> several people who agree with me.
>
> +1 (to the above, and the rest of Robert's comments on that email).
>
> For my 2c, I'm also in the crowd of forward or back, but don't leave it
> half-done.  My preference is certainly to move forward with these
> changes, but I understand the process and if there's enough agreement
> that we just shouldn't make these changes, then we really shouldn't make
> any of them.

+1 for forward or back.  I prefer forward but would take back over the
state we're in now.

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-David
david@pgmasters.net


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