Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 10/21/16 3:12 AM, David G. Johnston wrote:

> I have no problem continuing keeping with historical precedent ​and
> allowing mnemonic abbreviations in our directory and file names at this
> point.

I'm still in favor of pg_xact.  A search of the 9.6 docs brings up a 
number of hits for "xact": pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp(), 
pg_advisory_xact_lock(), pg_advisory_xact_lock_shared(), 
pg_last_committed_xact(),  pg_prepared_xacts(), etc. There are also 
numerous column names that have "xact" in them.

It's not just an arcane developer term when it shows up in a number of 
our user-facing functions/columns.

-- 
-David
david@pgmasters.net