Re: [HACKERS] Re: [INTERFACES] Next release is 7.0(?)

On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > > 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?

Oh, and, IMHO...remove, don't create symlinks...its a major release, we
don't have to maintain backwards compatability...we aren't mIcrosoft, eh?
:)

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
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