Re: [HACKERS] consistent naming of components

2001-10-28 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Robert Dyas writes: > One possible renaming / reorganization: (feedback encouraged!!!) > > change default account name postgres to pgsql It's a little known secret, but there is no default account name! "postgres" is simply what most people seem to choose (but by no means all). The documentatio

Re: [HACKERS] consistent naming of components

2001-10-27 Thread Tom Lane
"Robert Dyas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [ rename and move just about everything in sight ] Sorry, but I don't think this is going to happen. We'd be breaking a heck of a lot of user applications, startup scripts, etc to achieve (IMHO) very little of value. Renaming psql->pgsql would alone b

Re: [HACKERS] consistent naming of components

2001-10-27 Thread Christopher Kings-Lynne
> change default account name postgres to pgsql > change daemon name postmaster to pgsqld > change client name psql to pgsql > change data location /var/lib/pgsql/data to /var/pgsql > move .conf files from /var/lib/pgsql/data to /etc/pgsql *coff* The more correct (ie. anything but linux) place t

[HACKERS] consistent naming of components

2001-10-26 Thread Robert Dyas
Hi all! I wanted to propose a possible "rationalization" of the PostgreSQL naming scheme, as briefly outlined below. The following suggestion may seem like a trivial improvement to some, but to me it is a matter of polish and consistency. One possible renaming / reorganization: (feedback encoura