| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> |
| Cc: | Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: language cleanups in code and docs |
| Date: | 2020-06-15 23:54:25 |
| Message-ID: | 1265291.1592265265@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se> writes:
> On 15 Jun 2020, at 20:22, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
>> 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.
Meh. That's carrying PC naming foibles to the point where they
negatively affect our users (by breaking start scripts and such).
I think we should leave this alone.
regards, tom lane
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