On 2016-08-26 22:01:58 +0200, Simon Riggs wrote: > On 26 August 2016 at 18:26, Euler Taveira <eu...@timbira.com.br> wrote: > > > I'm bringing this $subject into discussion again. Historically, we are > > carrying binary names that have been confused newbies. createuser is the > > worst name so for. Also, names like createdb, initdb, reindexdb, and > > droplang does not suggest what product it is referring to. Adding a > > prefix (pg_, pg, ...) would 'make things clear'. If we have a consensus > > about this change, I suggest renaming the following binaries: > > > > clusterdb > > createdb > > createlang > > createuser > > dropdb > > droplang > > dropuser > > initdb > > oid2name > > reindexdb > > vacuumdb > > vacuumlo > > Why not just remove them all and change the docs to suggest using > > psql -c "CREATE DATABASE foo" > etc > > Less code, no confusion because we have just one client tool - psql.
Several of them have the ability to connect to several databases, some even do that in parallel. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
