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Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

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From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-08-29T16:54:07Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sat, Aug 27, 2016 at 2:03 PM, Michael Paquier
<michael.paquier@gmail.com> wrote:
> - Rename them, hard break is OK: Michael P, Bruce, Stephen (depends on
> David's input),  Magnus

I'm in favor of this.  But I don't like Peter's proposal to use a more
complicated structure.  As for the new names, how about pg_wal and
pg_xact?  I don't think "pg_trans" is as good; is it transactional or
transient or transport or transitive or what?

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

Commits

  1. Rename "pg_clog" directory to "pg_xact".

  2. Improve error reporting in pg_upgrade's file copying/linking/rewriting.