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

Tom Lane wrote:
> "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.

O.k. just trying to help :)

Joshua D. Drake

> 
>             regards, tom lane
> 


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