On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 09:51:26AM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > > Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > > > How about changing the default for log_directory from 'pg_log' to, say, > > > 'log'? > > > > > We have been emphasizing that the prefix "pg_" is for things reserved > to > > > PostgreSQL, whereas the pg_log directory is entirely an arbitrary > > > user-space name. Also, with a different name, the directory would > stand > > > out more between all the other pg_* directories in the data directory. > > > > No objection to the basic point, but "log" seems perhaps a little too > > generic to me. Would something like "server_log" be better? > > "activity_log"? I like the idea of a rename. server_log seems like a better choice then I think. So +1 for that. In theory cluster_log since it's a "cluster level log", but given how many people already get confused by the term cluster being used that way, I think that while maybe technically correct, that would be a very bad choice. -- Magnus Hagander Me: http://www.hagander.net/ Work: http://www.redpill-linpro.com/
