Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David Fetter
Subject Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby
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Msg-id 20100512163715.GB2860@fetter.org
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In response to primary/secondary/master/slave/standby  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 07:33:53PM +0300, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in
> mixed ways.  Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and
> adjust the existing texts.  Ideas?

How about origin/subscriber?  More descriptive than primary/secondary,
and less tied to a particular model of interaction.

Cheers,
David.
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