On Tue, Sep 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> wrote: > Peter E suggested that since we have REINDEX to rewrite indexes, then > the command to rewrite tables should be RETABLE. I haven't been able to > get myself to like that idea, and also I think that was a bit > tongue-in-cheek, but if you like RETABLE better than REPACK, then maybe > we can have a vote to decide which one of those names to use. However, > I don't think that change would make a tremendous difference, and also I > don't think RETABLE is enough of an English name to become a command > name.
I think RETABLE is not a proposal to be taken seriously. That's extremely confusing.
I don't love the name REPACK, but I think it's good enough. If we come up with something better, great.
