Re: [DOCS] "distributed checkpoint"

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On Thu, 6 Dec 2007 19:43:29 -0800
David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:

> On Thu, Dec 06, 2007 at 07:19:44PM -0800, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> > On Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:44:49 -0500
> > Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > > Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)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?
> >
> > balanced
> > gradual
> > extended (I see you mention time-extended but wouldn't time be
> > implicit based on the actual docs and thus we only need extended?)
>
> How about "smoothed?"

Pre-emptive apologies:

silky
satin
butter

Man... that would rock silky_checkpoint = true ;)

:P

Joshua D. Drake

>
> Cheers,
> David.

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