On 10/12/16 11:22 AM, Tom Lane wrote: > The main problem we're trying to fix here is people thinking that > something with "log" in the name contains discardable data. Just > relocating the directory without renaming it won't improve that.
I think it would help if we moved it to something like "internal/pg_xlog" and "internal/pg_clog". Keep the name but move it out of sight. We have a tool called pg_xlogdump in the standard installation. initdb has an option --xlogdir, pg_basebackup has --xlog and others. Renaming the xlog directory would make this all a bit confusing, unless we're prepared to rename the programs and options as well. -- Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
