Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal

On 1/1/17 9:48 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 12/30/16 9:57 AM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> Additionally, people who are actually using these bits of the system are
>> almost certainly going to have to adjust things for the directory
>> change,
>
> Some *xlog* functions are commonly used to measure replay lag.  That
> usage would not be affected by the directory renaming.  Renaming those
> functions would only serve to annoy users and have them delay their
> upgrades.

Perhaps we should split the difference and do what we did for XML: 
provide a contrib module with alias functions using the old (xlog) names.
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