On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 1:03 PM Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 12:29:08PM +0900, Youki Shiraishi wrote: > > I also vote to get rid of such ambiguous stuff. > > As you can see by grepping, "bootstrap-mode backend" (and something > > like that) is also called in the sources as: > > > > - bootstrap backend > > - (basic) bootstrap process > > - backend running in bootstrap mode > > - postgres (backend) program in bootstrap mode > > - bootstrapper > > > > I think "bootstrap backend" is a strong candidate for an alternative > > of "bootstrapper" because it is used in the official documentation of > > initdb. > > It seems to me that "backend running in bootstrap mode" would be the > most consistent way to define that state in a backend process: > $ git grep -i "bootstrap mode backend" | wc -l > 0 > $ git grep -i "bootstrap-mode" | wc -l > 0 > $ git grep -i "bootstrap mode" | wc -l > 68 > $ git grep -i "bootstrap process" | wc -l > 9 > > "bootstrapper" sounds weird. My 2c.
Alright, count me in on the "bootstrap mode backend" side too. :) Thanks, Amit
