Re: script binaries renaming

From: "Dave Page" <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Peter Eisentraut" <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org, "Zdenek Kotala" <zdenek(dot)kotala(at)sun(dot)com>
Subject: Re: script binaries renaming
Date: 2007-07-06 10:53:17
Message-ID: 49414.82.189.249.149.1183719197.squirrel@webmail.pgadmin.org
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On Fri, July 6, 2007 8:51 am, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 4. Juli 2007 17:04 schrieb Zdenek Kotala:
>> I attach complete patch which renames following binaries
>>
>> createdb createlang createuser dropdb droplang dropuser clusterdb
>> vacuumdb reindexdb
>
> I just want to say I dislike this idea.

This is almost as bad as Magnus agreeing with JD (!), but I agree with
Peter :-). After years of typing the current names, changing them does
seem somewhat annoying. Worse yet, pg_* is just awkward to type.

/D

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