Re: What are exactly bootstrap processes, auxiliary processes, standalone backends, normal backends(user sessions)?

From: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath(dot)rupireddyforpostgres(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: What are exactly bootstrap processes, auxiliary processes, standalone backends, normal backends(user sessions)?
Date: 2021-08-15 00:39:08
Message-ID: 20210815003908.GP10479@telsasoft.com
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On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:45:52AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2021-Jul-17, Bharath Rupireddy wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 8:17 PM Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > It sounds like something that should be in the glossary, which currently refers
> > > to but doesn't define "auxiliary processes".
> >
> > Thanks. I strongly feel that it should be documented somewhere. I will
> > be happy if someone with a clear idea about these various processes
> > does it.
>
> Auxiliary process

I elaborated on your definition and added here.
https://commitfest.postgresql.org/34/3285/

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