"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jim C. Nasby wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 05:52:39PM -0000, Andrew Hammond wrote: >>> +1. Given the prevalence of the pg_foo convention, those names are >>> clunky. So is initdb. I'm less creative than Zdenek, so I'd suggest >>> simply renaming to pg_createuser and friends with the same command >>> line options as the originals. Have the binaries check $0 and emit a >>> warning about using the deprecated name to STDERR if called by a name >>> that doesn't have the pg_ prefix. Default to symlinking the old names >>> for backwards compatibility until 9.0. >> >> +1
> +1 I like this better than the original proposal, too. Doing more than this seems like more work and more confusion for users than the problem justifies. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate