From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200312011534.hB1FYEe15467@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] initdb should create a warning message [was Re: [ADMIN]
In-Reply-To: <22381.1070291591@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 10:34:14 -0500 (EST)
Cc: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>, Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>,
	PostgreSQL hackers list <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>,
	pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> > On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 23:18, Neil Conway wrote:
> >> I do agree that we could stand to document the purpose of pg_clog
> >> and pg_xlog more clearly. However, this information belongs in the
> >> standard documentation, not scattered throughout $PGDATA.
> 
> > Then it needs to be stated very prominently.  But the place to put a
> > sign saying "Dangerous cliff edge" is beside the path that leads along
> > it.
> 
> How about changing the names of those directories?

I thought about that, but what would we call them?  We could change xlog
to wal, I guess.  That might actually be clearer.  xlog could become
xstatus or xactstatus or just xact.

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