Re: language cleanups in code and docs

On 6/16/20 6:27 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2020-06-16 17:14:57 -0400, David Steele wrote:
>> On 6/15/20 2:22 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>
>>> 0008: docs: WIP multi-master rephrasing.
>>> I like neither the new nor the old language much. I'd welcome input.
>>
>> Why not multi-primary?
>
> My understanding of primary is that there really can't be two things
> that are primary in relation to each other.

Well, I think the same is true for multi-master and that's pretty common.

> active/active is probably
> the most common term in use besides multi-master.

Works for me and can always be updated later if we come up with
something better. At least active-active will be easier to search for.

>> One last thing -- are we considering back-patching any/all of this?
>
> I don't think there's a good reason to do so.

I was thinking of back-patching pain but if you don't think that's an
issue then I'm not worried about it.

> Thanks for the look!

You are welcome!

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-David
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