From: Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: David G. Johnston <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: devguy.ca@gmail.com, "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: inappropriate word 'victim'
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 17:53:30 -0400
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> On Oct 3, 2017, at 4:29 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>
> On 10/03/2017 01:28 PM, David G. Johnston wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com
>
>> My first inclination was "target" though I suppose its not that much closer to the supposed neutral position on this subjective scale than "victim".
>> Subject didn't sound right either (marginally). Maybe "named" - "...while connected to the named database."
>> Given that, aside from 3 release note instances, we never use the word "victim" in the docs leads me to want to change this if just for internal consistency.
>
> Named is probably the best middle ground.
If you click into the documentation for DROP DATABASE [https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-dropdatabase.html <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/sql-dropdatabase.html;] you get:
"Also, it cannot be executed while you or anyone else are connected to the target database."
So there is a precedent for using “target” for this command.
Jonathan=
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