On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote:
> Rename logical decoding's pg_llog directory to pg_logical. > > The old name wasn't very descriptive as of actual contents of the > directory, which are historical snapshots in the snapshots/ > subdirectory and mappingdata for rewritten tuples in > mappings/. There's been a fair amount of discussion what would be a > good name. I'm settling for pg_logical because it's likely that > further data around logical decoding and replication will need saving > in the future. > > Also add the missing entry for the directory into storage.sgml's list > of PGDATA contents. > > Bumps catversion as the data directories won't be compatible. > Shouldn't this commit be backpatched as well to REL9_4_STABLE. I am failing to see the point of having the folder used for logical decoding named pg_llog in 9.4 and pg_logical in 9.5. This is creating inconsistencies between major versions. Regards, -- Michael
