Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory?
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Msg-id 7b3f010b-717f-9031-a20e-5a27d137c214@2ndquadrant.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] rename pg_log directory?  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On 2/28/17 06:07, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> server_log seems like a better choice then I think. So +1 for that.
> 
> In theory cluster_log since it's a "cluster level log", but given how
> many people already get confused by the term cluster being used that
> way, I think that while maybe technically correct, that would be a very
> bad choice. 

Well, the premise was that we wanted to rename xlog because people think
that the "log" is "the log".  So there should be no confusion if there
is only one "log" left.  (cough, cough, clog, cough, cough)  I think if
we invent nonstandard names, it will be more confusing, not less.

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Peter Eisentraut              http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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