Re: slotname vs slot_name

From: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
To: Amit Langote <amitlangote09(at)gmail(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: slotname vs slot_name
Date: 2014-06-05 08:11:02
Message-ID: 53902616.5030004@vmware.com
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On 06/05/2014 05:09 AM, Amit Langote wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>> I like using "slot_name" everywhere, i.e, even in recovery.conf.
>> primary_slot_name seems not so long name.
>>
>> BTW, what about also renaming pg_llog directory? I'm afraid that
>> a user can confuse pg_log with pg_llog.
>>
>
> Recently I came across this while tab-completing pg_log ;-)
> I remember asking to document pg_llog elsewhere.

+1 for renaming pg_llog. We have all heard the stories of people
deleting pg_clog because "it's just logs". I feel that pg_llog might be
an even greater risk at that (although the consequences are not as
serious as deleting pg_clog.

pg_ldecoding ?

- Heikki

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