From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 17:17:56 -0400
Message-ID: <20200708211756.GA23569@alvherre.pgsql> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <362972a7-57d0-eb60-18e2-f9751bc7df6f@pgmasters.net>
On 2020-Jul-08, David Steele wrote:
> On 7/8/20 4:39 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> I think this phrasing in the original/updated version is pretty awkward:
>
> + A standby server that cannot be connected to until it is promoted to a
> + primary server is called a ...
Yeah.
> How about:
>
> + A standby server that must be promoted to a primary server before
> + accepting connections is called a ...
How about just reducing it to "A standby server that doesn't accept
connection is called a ..."? We don't really need to explain that if
you do promote the standby it will start accept connections -- do we?
It should be pretty obvious if you promote a standby, it will cease to
be a standby in the first place. This verbiage seems excessive.
--
Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
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Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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