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Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all - Mailing list pgsql-general

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all
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In response to Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
Responses Re: Re: Seeking the correct term of art for the (unique) role that is usually called "postgres"—and the mental model that underlies it all  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Nov 29, 2022 at 9:31 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:

I know I am replying late here, but isn't it the database _cluster_
superuser?


The "cluster" being implied doesn't seem like a big deal.  The shorter term is nice.  It doesn't seem worth changing all the many, many, places in the documentation where just "database superuser' is used - and so we've updated the glossary to be just that.

David J.



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