Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 17:17:56 -0400
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
To: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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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.

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