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

On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 2:59 AM, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net> wrote:
> All backwards incompatible changes are judgement calls and people are
> certainly welcome to have different opinions.  I have a pretty strong
> feeling about this particular change being worthwhile and also pretty
> long overdue.

The renaming is definitely worth it to be consistent with the new
pg_wal/. Now as in the case of those functions we have ways a simple
way to avoid useless pain to users we should really take it easy. So
introducing a set of aliases and deprecating them after a couple of
years is a fine plan IMO.
-- 
Michael