Thread: Use of the word master
"A publication can be defined on any physical replication master."
I would propose "any physical replication primary"
Dave Cramer
On 8/5/21 2:26 PM, Dave Cramer wrote: > PostgreSQL: Documentation: 13: 30.1. Publication > <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication-publication.html> > > > "A /publication/ can be defined on any physical replication master." > > I would propose "any physical replication primary" It could be any instance that's writable though. Perhaps: "A publication can be defined on any database that can accept writes." or "A publication can be defined on any database that is not in recovery." That said, +1 for the wording change. Jonathan
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On Thu, 5 Aug 2021 at 19:19, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:
On 8/5/21 2:26 PM, Dave Cramer wrote:
> PostgreSQL: Documentation: 13: 30.1. Publication
> <https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/logical-replication-publication.html>
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> "A /publication/ can be defined on any physical replication master."
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> I would propose "any physical replication primary"
It could be any instance that's writable though. Perhaps:
"A publication can be defined on any database that can accept writes."
or
"A publication can be defined on any database that is not in recovery."
That said, +1 for the wording change.
Ya, the word primary is misleading here. I prefer
"A publication can be defined on any database that can accept writes."
as
introduces the concept of recovery which does not in my opinion add any clarity.
Dave
Jonathan