Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>

From: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, Haribabu Kommi <kommi.haribabu@gmail.com>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-03-17T14:03:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 10:58 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> Fine!  I've committed the pg_clog renaming, but I'd really like to
> draw the line here.  I'm not going to commit the pg_subtrans ->
> pg_subxact naming and am -1 on anyone else doing so.  I think that
> having the names of things in the code match what shows up in the file
> system is an awfully desirable property which we should preserve
> insofar as we can do so without compromising other goals.  Not
> invalidating what users and DBAs think they know about how PostgreSQL
> works is a good thing, too; there are a lot more people who know
> something about the directory layout than will read this thread.

I'm cool with that, thanks for the commit.
-- 
Michael


Commits

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

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