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Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>

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From: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov@google.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com.br>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia.shang@crunchydata.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-01-26T18:21:28Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 2017-01-24 16:47:29 -0500, Robert Haas wrote:
> I'm happy to go change every last bit of it.

I quite regret not aggressively opining against the renaming of pg_xlog
to pg_wal. I think the few users deleting their data don't weigh against
renaming a bunch of tools and function for some sense of
consistency. This will cause pain for a couple years - maybe it'll be
worth it 6-7 releases down the line, but I doubt before that.  But then
the original discussion was about renaming pg_xlog, not about a general
s/xlog/$something/.

- Andres

Commits

  1. Remove all references to "xlog" from SQL-callable functions in pg_proc.

  2. Replace pg_shadow and pg_group by new role-capable catalogs pg_authid