Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D8D639FB1CC for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:54:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 87639-08 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:54:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B2AA9FA999 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:54:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from news.hub.org (news.hub.org [200.46.204.72]) by news.hub.org (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id l941ruOG043068 for ; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:53:56 -0300 (ADT) (envelope-from news@news.hub.org) Received: (from news@localhost) by news.hub.org (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id l941axg2012596 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Wed, 3 Oct 2007 22:36:59 -0300 (ADT) (envelope-from news) From: Ron Mayer X-Newsgroups: pgsql.hackers Subject: Re: Use of "postmaster" Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:37:18 -0700 Organization: Hub.Org Networking Services Lines: 13 Message-ID: <470443CE.70601@cheapcomplexdevices.com> References: <37ed240d0710031527r5279b336m9dfc0f48a257be90@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.hub.org To: Brendan Jurd User-Agent: Icedove 1.5.0.12 (X11/20070730) In-Reply-To: <37ed240d0710031527r5279b336m9dfc0f48a257be90@mail.gmail.com> To: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/98 X-Sequence-Number: 108466 Brendan Jurd wrote: > Seems it would be best to apply this > nomenclature consistently, and simply drop the name "postmaster" from > use. > +1 I agree the term postmaster references in the docs, etc should go away - with perhaps the exception of one faq that say that postmaster's a deprecated name in case anyone encounters it in other web sites or old docs. PS: Oh it's so hard to resist saying it should be renamed "postmaSQLter".