Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axJO3-0002qJ-Vi for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 19:20:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with smtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axJO3-0000wz-IE for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 19:20:07 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:1501:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axJMg-0005JE-L7 for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 19:18:42 +0000 Received: from feynman.df7cb.de ([195.49.152.168]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1axJMZ-0005Hi-Il for pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org; Mon, 02 May 2016 19:18:41 +0000 Received: from msg.df7cb.de (aftr-37-201-192-11.unity-media.net [37.201.192.11]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by feynman.df7cb.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3qzDbJ3yRzz3F28; Mon, 2 May 2016 21:17:48 +0200 (CEST) Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 21:18:28 +0200 From: Christoph Berg To: Robert Haas Cc: Tom Lane , Alvaro Herrera , Magnus Hagander , Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: Rename max_parallel_degree? Message-ID: <20160502191828.GC16722@msg.df7cb.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Berg , Robert Haas , Tom Lane , Alvaro Herrera , Magnus Hagander , Bruce Momjian , PostgreSQL-development References: <20160426152217.GA548975@alvherre.pgsql> <8309.1461684889@sss.pgh.pa.us> <8684.1461685466@sss.pgh.pa.us> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-Pg-Spam-Score: -2.9 (--) List-Archive: List-Help: List-ID: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Mailing-List: pgsql-hackers Precedence: bulk Sender: pgsql-hackers-owner@postgresql.org Re: Robert Haas 2016-05-02 > max_parallel_degree -> max_parallel_workers > parallel_degree -> parallel_workers > > I would prefer to keep it as "degree". It's a reasonable term of art, > and it also improves grep-ability. But I'm willing to go do the above > renaming if there is a clear consensus behind it. Alternatively, I'm > willing to make it 1-based rather than 0-based if there is a clear > consensus on that option, though unsurprisingly I prefer it the way it > is now. Do we have such a consensus? Fwiw the one thing I remember from when I read first about the feature was a big "wtf if I set that to 1, I'll actually get 2 processes?". So +1 on doing *something* about it. Christoph -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers