On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 11:03 PM, Abhijit Menon-Sen <a...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > At 2015-06-01 23:35:23 -0500, htf...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> No, it won't prevent the incredibly stupid from doing incredibly >> stupid things, nothing will. > > I hate to speechify, but I think we should try hard to avoid framing > such questions in terms of "incredibly stupid" people and the things > they might do. > > We have anecdotal and circumstantial evidence that the names pg_xlog and > pg_clog have given some people the impression that they can delete files > therein. Sometimes do this when their server is in imminent danger of > running out of space, sometimes not. But our documentation makes it > clear that these files are important. > > I think naming these directories to convey the right impression is a > straightforward interface design problem, and we also know that big > flashing red warnings are less effective than one might hope for. I > do not think a bigger, stripier warning is worth doing in isolation. > I do think it's worth choosing better names. >
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