Program names and "pollution"

Posted Apr 4, 2019 16:42 UTC (Thu) by perennialmind (guest, #45817)
In reply to: Program names and "pollution" by cortana
Parent article: Program names and "pollution"

Well that's just awful. pg would otherwise be the obvious choice. It's certainly the first thing I'd try tabbing at the console. Actually, thinking back, I think I did exactly that years ago and was peeved to realize what I'd stepped in. Postgres deserves a two-letter namespace prefix. Thankfully most distros have cleared the stinking pile off the path long ago and Debian derivatives will soon.

Whatever anchor they choose, I'll add an alias of my own. pg createuser just feels right.