Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Phil Sorber
Subject Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility
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Msg-id CADAkt-g7_in=ON78tT5OksrRppsAEqs92Mhx3tfFEzj-Du=xQg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Re: [WIP] pg_ping utility  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:20 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Phil Sorber <phil@omniti.com> writes:
>> Here is the new patch. I renamed the utility from pg_ping to pingdb to
>> go along with the naming convention of src/bin/scripts.
>
> Uh, no, that's not a step forward.  Leaving out a "pg" prefix from those
> script names is universally agreed to have been a mistake.  We've not
> felt that changing the legacy names is worth the amount of pain it'd
> cause, but that doesn't mean that we should propagate the mistake into
> brand new executable names.
>
>                         regards, tom lane

Ok. I asked about this and got no response so I assume there were no
strong opinions. I have reverted to the pg_ping name. Patches
attached.

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