BUG #15796: [not a bug actually] vacuumlo - its name is confusing
The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 15796
Logged by: Timur Birsh
Email address: taem@linukz.org
PostgreSQL version: 11.2
Operating system: CentOS 7
Description:
Hello,
I think vacuumlo's name is confusing, especially for newbies. As we know,
vacuumlo's purpose is to remove orphaned large objects, not to vacuum
them.
Is it possible to rename this utility? I am sorry, if it is already
discussed.
Thanks,
Timur
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 09:52:33AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
I think vacuumlo's name is confusing, especially for newbies. As we know,
vacuumlo's purpose is to remove orphaned large objects, not to vacuum
them.
Is it possible to rename this utility? I am sorry, if it is already
discussed.
The tool is old enough to vote (94bb87f from 1999), and holds this
name since its birth. So a renaming may be more annoying than
anything else I am afraid.
--
Michael
Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> writes:
On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 09:52:33AM +0000, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
I think vacuumlo's name is confusing, especially for newbies. As we know,
vacuumlo's purpose is to remove orphaned large objects, not to vacuum
them.
Is it possible to rename this utility? I am sorry, if it is already
discussed.
The tool is old enough to vote (94bb87f from 1999), and holds this
name since its birth. So a renaming may be more annoying than
anything else I am afraid.
Yeah, the backwards-compatibility hit seems rather disproportionate
to the value of a change.
Also, I'm not really convinced that a name change would be much of
an improvement. Zapping unreferenced large objects is sort of like
what VACUUM does, if you aren't too picky about details ...
regards, tom lane