Re: language cleanups in code and docs - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Daniel Gustafsson
Subject Re: language cleanups in code and docs
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Msg-id CF0E1331-7BA2-42C4-AD96-8EEA8FD84A4D@yesql.se
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In response to language cleanups in code and docs  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: language cleanups in code and docs  (Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@gmail.com>)
Re: language cleanups in code and docs  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> On 15 Jun 2020, at 20:22, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de> wrote:

Thanks for picking this up!

> 1) 'postmaster'. As changing that would be somewhat invasive, the word
>   is a bit more ambiguous, and it's largely just internal, I've left
>   this alone for now. I personally would rather see this renamed as
>   supervisor, which'd imo actually would also be a lot more
>   descriptive. I'm willing to do the work, but only if there's at least
>   some agreement.

FWIW, I've never really liked the name postmaster as I don't think it conveys
meaning.  I support renaming to supervisor or a similar term.

cheers ./daniel



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