Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Where are we on this? Tom thinks we don't want this. TODO has: > > * Prefix command-line utilities like createuser with 'pg_' > > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2007-06/msg00025.php > > It wasn't just me; quite a few people were dubious about it when the > patch was submitted. See the thread here: > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2007-07/msg00055.php
True. > > One idea is to keep the existing commands and just add pg_* (or pg*) to > > additional versions, with the idea that the original versions will be > > removed some day. > > AFAICS the only argument for doing this is to eliminate confusion and > potential conflicts, which means that we get no benefit at all until we > actually do remove the old names. So if we're going to do this, we have > to make a commitment that we're going to remove the old names within the > reasonably foreseeable future (say, about two releases out). > > Are we really prepared to break everyone's scripts for this? Uh, I think it is hard to make a case that 'createuser' is an appropriate name for a Postgres utility. On the other hand, we haven't had many complaints about it, which is kind of odd. I feel people can always symlink in the old names if they still want them after we remove the old names. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
