At 2015-05-31 13:46:33 -0400, t...@sss.pgh.pa.us wrote: > > just always create pg_xlog as a symlink to pg_xjournal during initdb.
At first glance, the Subject: of this thread made me think that *was* Joel's proposal. :-) But I think it's a great idea, and worth doing. I think "pg_journal" (no "x") is sufficient. The journal is an idea that people are familiar with from filesystems anyway. > Note that we'd really also have to rename pg_clog etc pg_clog could become pg_commits or pg_xactstatus or pg_commit_status or something. What else is there? I'd hope pg_logical can be left alone. > A more difficult question is whether we'd also rename pg_resetxlog, > pg_receivexlog, etc. I don't think it's necessary. (Of course, people have wanted to rename pg_resetxlog to make it sound more scary anyway, but that's a different matter.) > In the end though, this is a lot of thrashing for a problem that > only comes up rarely ... I'll agree with Joel that it comes up far too often for comfort anyway. I've known a number of people who were on the verge of deleting stuff from pg_xlog, but just happened to check with me first. -- Abhijit -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
