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Re: [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: 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>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, 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: 2017-02-09T19:08:14Z
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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?

			regards, tom lane

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