Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint" - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint"
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Msg-id 5958.1196991889@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to "distributed checkpoint"  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>)
Responses Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint"  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes:
> Am I the only one who finds the phrase "distributed checkpointing" a bit
> awkward?  Would it be better if we used "time-distributed checkpointing"
> instead?

Yeah, "distributed" has a bunch of connotations that are wrong for this
purpose.

I spent a bit of time with a thesaurus but didn't come up with anything
that seemed le mot juste.  Best I could do was "spread checkpoint"
or "time-extended checkpoint".  Anybody have a better idea?

            regards, tom lane

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