Re: physical should be logical

From: Euler Taveira <euler(dot)taveira(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: willybas(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: physical should be logical
Date: 2020-10-30 13:37:47
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On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 12:42, PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org>
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>
> On this page,
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/logical-replication-publication.html
>
> The first line states: A publication can be defined on any physical
> replication master.
> I have the impression that this should be "logical", not "physical".
>
> Although the statement contains terminology that confuses who is reading,
it is
correct. "physical replication master" means a read-write server. Maybe we
should change this sentence to: "A publication can be defined on any primary
server.". Hence, it avoids the term "physical" that should confuse readers.

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