From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: pgsql-committers@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pgsql: doc: remove verbiage about "receiving" data from rep. slots
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:12:33 -0500
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:05:07AM -0500, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2025-11-14 09:02:12 -0500, Andres Freund wrote:
> > On 2025-11-14 13:56:06 +0000, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > doc: remove verbiage about "receiving" data from rep. slots
> > >
> > > The slots are just LSN markers, not something to receive from.
> >
> > I think this is wrong. Logical slots also preserve resources other than WAL.
>
> I also think that the complaint about slots not being something to receive
> from is simply wrong for logical slots.
Uh, can you clarify since I can't find details on what they preserve.
The reason I liked the new wording is that the slot is only a small part
of the receiving path. Almost by definition, the slot is specified as
_part_ of the connection parameter --- it is not the connection
parameter.
Can you think of better wording that would be clearer than what we had?
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