Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
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Msg-id CAB7nPqQc468jj_C7O9uJY7RCS0vwgQs2x6bN=EpGFcrWUGdiTw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov@google.com>)
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On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 4:18 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I'm also -1 on this idea.  If we're going to provide backwards
> compatibility, we should just leave the old names in the core.
> Providing an extension is more work for *everybody* --- for us, and
> for the users who will have to learn about and install the extension.
> I don't see any gain to justify that work, either.

Yeah, let's make the life of users just easier if we can, without any
extension. Some people are likely going to forget to enable it anyway,
and some more don't like installing the package dedicated to contrib
modules.
-- 
Michael



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