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

On 2/9/17 6:37 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>>> Anybody who still wants tsearch2 can go get it from an old version, or
>>> somebody can maintain a fork on github.
>> Works for me.
> +1

+1

>> I'd love to nuke pg_shadow and all the other
>> not-really-maintained backwards-compat things from when roles were
>> added too.
> Not sure if it's worth the work to rip out and such, but I'm mildly
> supportive of this one too.  Depends a bit on what all the other things
> are ;)

The problem with pg_shadow is unless you specifically looked at it in 
the docs after 8.1, you had no idea it was deprecated. I don't really 
think of it as deprecated.

As someone mentioned, forcing a user to install an extension makes the 
deprecation visible. Another option would be to have the backend spit 
out a WARNING the first time you access anything that's deprecated. Both 
of those are pertinent reminders to people that they need to change 
their tools.
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