Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Heikki Linnakangas
Subject Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml
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Msg-id aa31f359-1168-ded5-53d0-0ed228bfe097@iki.fi
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In response to Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml  (Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl>)
Responses Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml  (Jürgen Purtz <juergen@purtz.de>)
Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml  (Jürgen Purtz <juergen@purtz.de>)
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On 20/11/2020 23:52, Erik Rijkers wrote:
> (smallish) Changes to arch-dev.sgml

This looks good to me. One little complaint:

> @@ -125,7 +122,7 @@
>      use a <firstterm>supervisor process</firstterm> (also
>      <firstterm>master process</firstterm>) that spawns a new
>      server process every time a connection is requested. This supervisor
> -    process is called <literal>postgres</literal> and listens at a
> +    process is called <literal>postgres</literal> (formerly 'postmaster') and listens at a
>      specified TCP/IP port for incoming connections. Whenever a request
>      for a connection is detected the <literal>postgres</literal>
>      process spawns a new server process. The server tasks

I believe we still call it the postmaster process. We renamed the binary 
a long time ago (commit 5266f221a2), and the above text was changed as 
part of that commit. I think that was a mistake, and this should say simply:

... This supervisor process is called <literal>postmaster</literal> and ...

like it did before we renamed the binary.

Barring objections, I'll commit this with that change (as attached).

- Heikki

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