Re: Survey: renaming/removing script binaries (createdb, createuser...)

On Mar 26, 2008, at 12:06 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Steve Atkins <steve@blighty.com> writes:
>> On Mar 26, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Steve Atkins wrote:
>>>> "pg_ctl" to "safe_postgresqld",
>>>
>>> Now that's plain weird.
>
>> Yes, it is. But if the goal is to make it more approachable for
>> people
>> who are familiar with mysql, but not prepared to read postgresql
>> documentation it's also the obvious change to make.
>
> If pg_ctl actually had any functional correspondence to safe_mysqld,
> then maybe that would be a sane suggestion.  But it doesn't.

They both "start the server". But, no, it's a long, long way from being
a sane suggestion.

Cheers,
   Steve