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vacuumdb sentence

From
Euler Taveira
Date:
Hi,

Is there a reason to quote "jobs" at this sentence?

190 fprintf(stderr, _("%s: number of parallel \"jobs\" must be at least 
1\n"),
progname); 


AFAICS "jobs" is neither an identifier nor an option to justify the 
quotation. Also, another message a few lines above (correctly) does not 
use quotes.


--    Euler Taveira                   Timbira - http://www.timbira.com.br/   PostgreSQL: Consultoria, Desenvolvimento,
Suporte24x7 e Treinamento

Re: vacuumdb sentence

From
Amit Kapila
Date:
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com.br> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there a reason to quote "jobs" at this sentence?
>
> 190 fprintf(stderr, _("%s: number of parallel \"jobs\" must be at least 1\n"),
> progname);
>
> AFAICS "jobs" is neither an identifier nor an option to justify the quotation. Also, another message a few lines above (correctly) does not use quotes.
>

jobs is an option, refer vacuumdb docs[1].

[1] - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/app-vacuumdb.html

With Regards,
Amit Kapila.
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com

Re: vacuumdb sentence

From
Euler Taveira
Date:
On 18-09-2015 00:59, Amit Kapila wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 8:30 AM, Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com.br
> <mailto:euler@timbira.com.br>> wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > Is there a reason to quote "jobs" at this sentence?
>  >
>  > 190 fprintf(stderr, _("%s: number of parallel \"jobs\" must be at
> least 1\n"),
>  > progname);
>  >
>  > AFAICS "jobs" is neither an identifier nor an option to justify the
> quotation. Also, another message a few lines above (correctly) does not
> use quotes.
>  >
>
> jobs is an option, refer vacuumdb docs[1].
>
Yeah, I know. [Too sleepy to be writing emails...] What I want to say 
is: when we want to refer to an option, we usually add "option" after 
the quoted name (in this case, it won't make sense). I propose to remove 
the quotation because the way the sentence is written it seems we are 
referring to the task instead of the option.


--    Euler Taveira                   Timbira - http://www.timbira.com.br/   PostgreSQL: Consultoria, Desenvolvimento,
Suporte24x7 e Treinamento

Re: vacuumdb sentence

From
Robert Haas
Date:
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 12:18 AM, Euler Taveira <euler@timbira.com.br> wrote:
> Yeah, I know. [Too sleepy to be writing emails...] What I want to say is:
> when we want to refer to an option, we usually add "option" after the quoted
> name (in this case, it won't make sense). I propose to remove the quotation
> because the way the sentence is written it seems we are referring to the
> task instead of the option.

+1.

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company

Re: vacuumdb sentence

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
On 9/17/15 11:00 PM, Euler Taveira wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a reason to quote "jobs" at this sentence?
> 
> 190 fprintf(stderr, _("%s: number of parallel \"jobs\" must be at least
> 1\n"),
> progname);
> 
> AFAICS "jobs" is neither an identifier nor an option to justify the
> quotation. Also, another message a few lines above (correctly) does not
> use quotes.

Fixed.