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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, 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: 2021-07-17 15:57:00
Message-ID: 70159.1626537420@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Justin Pryzby <pryzby(at)telsasoft(dot)com> writes:
> On Sat, Jul 17, 2021 at 10:45:52AM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Process of an <glossterm linkend="glossary-instance">instance</glossterm> in
>> charge of some specific, hardcoded background task. Examples are

> And I think "hardcoded" doesn't mean anything beyond what "specific" means.

> Maybe you'd say: .. process which handles a specific, central task for the
> cluster instance.

Meh. "Specific" and "background" both seem to be useful terms here.
I do not think "central" is a useful adjective.

regards, tom lane

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