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From: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2020 09:11:56 -0700
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Subject: Re: the concept of a database cluster
To: Paul Weiss <libcub@hotmail.com>
Cc: "pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
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On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Paul Weiss <libcub@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, I didn't mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there are
> two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the
> manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which conce=
pt
> is meant in a particular sentence.
>
> A garage is a good analogy. A garage is a container for cars rather than =
a
> collection of cars. You wouldn't say "I sold my garage" to mean "I sold m=
y
> car collection". Containers and collections are different things.
>
> Here's a simple example In our context: "remove the cluster" could mean
> "delete the folder containing the databases", or "drop the databases".
> Those actions are not identical. I would think we would want to be clear =
to
> our users which we mean.
>

I=E2=80=99m sure we=E2=80=99d be willing to fix concrete problematic exampl=
es but a lack of
those suggests there is no actual problem here...as you aren=E2=80=99t conf=
used or
providing concrete examples and suggestions I have no idea what you are
trying to accomplish with this thread.  Awareness of what seems to be a
non-existent issue?

David J.

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On Saturday, January 4, 2020, Paul Weiss &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:libcub@hotma=
il.com">libcub@hotmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quo=
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<div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color=
:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Oh, I didn&#39;t mean to imply that I am confused. It is clear that there a=
re two concepts here, sharing a term. I was trying to communicate that the =
manual does not always make it immediately clear from context which concept=
 is meant in a particular sentence.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color=
:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
<div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color=
:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
A garage is a good analogy. A garage is a container for cars rather than a =
collection of cars. You wouldn&#39;t say &quot;I sold my garage&quot; to me=
an &quot;I sold my car collection&quot;. Containers and collections are dif=
ferent things.</div>
<div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color=
:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br>
</div>
<div style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color=
:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
Here&#39;s a simple example In our context: &quot;remove the cluster&quot; =
could mean &quot;delete the folder containing the databases&quot;, or &quot=
;drop the databases&quot;. Those actions are not identical. I would think w=
e would want to be clear to our users which we mean.</div></div></blockquot=
e><div><br></div><div>I=E2=80=99m sure we=E2=80=99d be willing to fix concr=
ete problematic examples but a lack of those suggests there is no actual pr=
oblem here...as you aren=E2=80=99t confused or providing concrete examples =
and suggestions I have no idea what you are trying to accomplish with this =
thread.=C2=A0 Awareness of what seems to be a non-existent issue?</div><div=
><br></div><div>David J.=C2=A0</div>

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