WT-2738 Remove the ability to change the default checkpoint name (#2877)

We used to provide the ability to specify a custom checkpoint name that the checkpoint server would use. That feature increased code complexity and led to inconsistent checkpoint behavior.

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/docs/upgrading.dox b/src/docs/upgrading.dox
index c5fbc0a86a2..4af8482a635 100644
--- a/src/docs/upgrading.dox
+++ b/src/docs/upgrading.dox
@@ -2,12 +2,21 @@
 
 @section version_281 Upgrading to Version 2.8.1
 <dl>
+<dt>Checkpoint server created checkpoint names</dt>
+<dd>
+The ::wiredtiger_open checkpoint configuration no longer supports the
+\c name configuration, and checkpoint server created checkpoints will
+always be named the default WiredTiger checkpoint name,
+"WiredTigerCheckpoint". Applications depending on the ability to set the
+checkpoint name for the checkpoint server will require modification.
+</dd>
+
 <dt>Statistics logging path</dt>
 <dd>
-The statistics logging path configuration has been simplified to be only a
-path to a directory, and the file name component of the path may no longer
-be specified. Applications depending on the ability to set statistics log
-file names will require modifications.
+The ::wiredtiger_open statistics logging path configuration has been
+simplified to be only a path to a directory, and the file name component
+of the path may no longer be specified. Applications depending on the
+ability to set statistics log file names will require modification.
 </dd>
 
 </dl><hr>