Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial - arch-dev.sgml

On 18.01.21 15:13, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> 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

Some additional changes in 51.2:

 - smaller number of different terms

 - aligning with Glossary

 - active voice instead of passive voice

 - commas

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J. Purtz