Re: PATCH: Split stats file per database WAS: autovacuum stress-testing our system

On 3.2.2013 20:46, Jeff Janes wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Tomas Vondra <tv@fuzzy.cz> wrote:
>> On 3.1.2013 20:33, Magnus Hagander wrote:
>>>
>>> Yeah, +1 for a separate directory not in global.
>>
>> OK, I moved the files from "global/stat" to "stat".
> 
> Why "stat" rather than "pg_stat"?
> 
> The existence of "global" and "base" as exceptions already annoys me.
> (Especially when I do a tar -xf in my home directory without
> remembering the -C flag).  Unless there is some unstated rule behind
> what gets a pg_ and what doesn't, I think we should have the "pg_".

I don't think there's a clear naming rule. But I think your suggestion
makes perfect sense, especially because we have pg_stat_tmp directory.
So now we'd have pg_stat and pg_stat_tmp, which is quite elegant.

Tomas