On 2016-08-26 17:11:00 -0400, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On 8/26/16 12:28 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > Also, I'd just as soon not move/rename things > > that don't really need it. > > I'm just as happy with not changing anything. But if we're going to > rename stuff, let's at least think about something slightly more > comprehensive. Any rename is going to break a bunch of stuff. But if > we break it in a way that reduces the need for future discussion or > changes, it would at least be a small win in the long run.
I do think there's an order of magnitude between the impact between moving some and moving everything. And that's going to impact cost/benefit calculations. Moving e.g. all ephemeral files into a (possibly configurable) directory is going to hardly impact anyone. Renaming pg_logical into something different (FWIW, it was originally named differently...) will hopefully impact nobody, excepting some out of date file exclusion lists possibly. But moving config files, and even pg_xlog (which we document to be symlinkable somewhere else) imo is different. The other thing is that the likelihood of getting anywhere by doing radical one-off redesigns is approximately 0. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
