Re: Script binaries renaming - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Zdeněk Kotala
Subject Re: Script binaries renaming
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Msg-id 47EA49A4.6020706@sun.com
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In response to Re: Script binaries renaming  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Andrew Dunstan napsal(a):
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> 
> Zdeněk Kotala wrote:
>> Question is also how many users really use these commands. For example 
>> vacuumdb is not too important now when we have autovacuum.
> 
> This is not true. Plenty of apps will quite reasonably choose to follow 
> large batch updates by a single vacuumdb rather than using autovacuum.

Yes, up to 8.2, but I think situation for 8.3 could be different. We have more 
works, autovacuum is better and so on.

> Incidentally, I am less opposed than some to some sensible renaming 
> here, eventually. Perhaps we could take the opportunity to fix the 
> naming of initdb, which confuses the heck out of many people.

Instead of renaming initdb extend pg_ctl (pg_ctl init) seems to me as a better idea.
    Zdenek



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