On Wed, 17 Sept 2025, 03:01 Robert Haas, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM Álvaro Herrera <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Peter E suggested that since we have REINDEX to rewrite indexes, then > > the command to rewrite tables should be RETABLE. I haven't been able to > > get myself to like that idea, and also I think that was a bit > > tongue-in-cheek, but if you like RETABLE better than REPACK, then maybe > > we can have a vote to decide which one of those names to use. However, > > I don't think that change would make a tremendous difference, and also I > > don't think RETABLE is enough of an English name to become a command > > name. > > I think RETABLE is not a proposal to be taken seriously. That's > extremely confusing. > > I don't love the name REPACK, but I think it's good enough. If we come > up with something better, great. > COMPACT? Thom >
