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From: Justin Pryzby <[email protected]>
To: Jürgen Purtz <[email protected]>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: Corey Huinker <[email protected]>
Cc: Roger Harkavy <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Cc: Fabien COELHO <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Paquier <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Add A Glossary
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2020 10:15:13 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
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On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 03:08:30PM +0100, Jürgen Purtz wrote:
> On 21.03.20 00:03, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > > > +   <glossentry id="glossary-host">
> > > > > +    <glossterm>Host</glossterm>
> > > > > +    <glossdef>
> > > > > +     <para>
> > > > > +      See <glossterm>Server</glossterm>.
> > > > Or client.  Or proxy at some layer or other intermediate thing.  Maybe just
> > > > remove this.
> > > Sometimes the term "host" is used in a different meaning. Therefor we shall
> > > have this glossary entry for clarification that it shall be used only in the
> > > sense of a "server".
> > I think that suggests just removing "host" and consistently saying "server".
> 
> "server", "host", "database server": All three terms are used intensively in
> the documentation. When we define glossary terms, we should also take into
> account the consequences for those parts.

The documentation uses "host", but doesn't always mean "server".

$ git grep -Fw host doc/src/
doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml:   that you can perform this backup procedure from any remote host that has

pg_hba appears to be all about client "hosts".
FATAL:  no pg_hba.conf entry for host "123.123.123.123", user "andym", database "testdb"

-- 
Justin

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