Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-22 Thread Robert Treat
On Tuesday 20 April 2004 16:54, Andrew Dunstan wrote: Joshua D. Drake wrote: g a data store for many databases, not a single database. But I think it is far too sanctified by history to change now, just as Ken Thompson now wishes he had put an 'e' on the end of 'creat' but can't go back

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Karel Zak
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:41:18PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: With initdb written now in C, we don't need a pg_encoding binary anymore. By the way, what change the name of initdb to pg_initdb. The current name is really too common (like some others things in pgsql/src/bin)

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Karel Zak wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:41:18PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: With initdb written now in C, we don't need a pg_encoding binary anymore. By the way, what change the name of initdb to pg_initdb. The current name is really too common (like some others

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Karel Zak
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 08:59:20AM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: Karel Zak wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:41:18PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: With initdb written now in C, we don't need a pg_encoding binary anymore. By the way, what change the name of initdb to pg_initdb.

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Bruce Momjian wrote: Karel Zak wrote: On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 08:41:18PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: With initdb written now in C, we don't need a pg_encoding binary anymore. By the way, what change the name of initdb to pg_initdb. The current name is really too common

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Andrew Dunstan wrote: past. I think createuser is much worse. :-) Agreed. Actually, the big problem with the name initdb is that the name is misleading, and newbies often get confused by it. You are preparing a data store for many databases, not a single database. But I think it

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Joshua D. Drake wrote: g a data store for many databases, not a single database. But I think it is far too sanctified by history to change now, just as Ken Thompson now wishes he had put an 'e' on the end of 'creat' but can't go back and fix it. Maybe we should think about a symlink/hardlink

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread Joshua D. Drake
g a data store for many databases, not a single database. But I think it is far too sanctified by history to change now, just as Ken Thompson now wishes he had put an 'e' on the end of 'creat' but can't go back and fix it. Maybe we should think about a symlink/hardlink to use a better name.

Re: [HACKERS] pg_encoding not needed anymore

2004-04-20 Thread scott.marlowe
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Bruce Momjian wrote: Andrew Dunstan wrote: past. I think createuser is much worse. :-) Agreed. Actually, the big problem with the name initdb is that the name is misleading, and newbies often get confused by it. You are preparing a data store for many