> We've seen reports of people firing this particular foot-gun before,
> haven't we? Would it make sense to rename pg_xlog to something that
> doesn't sound like it's "just" full of log files? Eg pg_wal - something
> where the half-educated will have no idea what it is, and therefore not
> think they know what they can do with it.
Would it be wise or insane for us to to mention in the startup error a
HINT that if you've removed such files, only hope is full restore from
backup or pg_resetxlog with data loss?
Chris