From: Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <199910111543.LAA29508@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?)
In-Reply-To: <3801FF9A.D88C446E@alumni.caltech.edu> from Thomas Lockhart at
	"Oct 11, 1999 03:17:46 pm"
To: Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 11:43:33 -0400 (EDT)
CC: "Sergio A. Kessler" <ser@perio.unlp.edu.ar>,
	PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgreSQL.org>,
	PostgreSQL-interfaces <pgsql-interfaces@postgreSQL.org>
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> > Yes, we have discussed this, and will add it to the TODO list.
> > > can the commands createuser and destroyuser be renamed to
> > > pg_createuser and pg_destroyuser (as pg_dump) adding soft links to
> > > preserve backwards compatibility (declaring previous commands
> > > deprecated) ?
> > > the same can be done for createdb and destroydb ...
> 
> I hope we don't have a consensus on this. Long commands with
> underscores in them are certainly another sign of the coming
> apocalypse ;)

But if we keep symlinks to the existing names, is that OK?

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