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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: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Daniel Verite <daniel@manitou-mail.org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Vladimir Rusinov <vrusinov@google.com>, David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com>, Cynthia Shang <cynthia.shang@crunchydata.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-02-09T19:25:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 2017-02-09 14:08:14 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> >>> Here is what I have, 6 votes clearly stated:
> >>> 1. Rename nothing: Daniel,
> >>> 2. Rename directory only: Andres
> >>> 3. Rename everything: Stephen, Vladimir, David S, Michael P (with
> >>> aliases for functions, I could live without at this point...)
> 
> > [ vote-counting ]
> 
> > Therefore, I plan to go ahead and do #3.  Somebody's probably going to
> > jump in now with another opinion but I think this thread's gone on
> > long enough.
> 
> Agreed, let's just get it done.
> 
> Although this doesn't really settle whether we ought to do 3a (with
> backwards-compatibility function aliases in core) or 3b (without 'em).
> Do people want to re-vote, understanding that those are the remaining
> choices?

3a)

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