On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:44 PM, Takahiro Itagaki <[email protected]> wrote: > Ther is an open item: > Standby instead of "slave" in documentation > http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected] > > I replacesd almost all "slave" to "standby" or "standby servers" > not only in HS+SR but also in other places like third-party tools. > > There are still 3 places where "slave" is used. > - Terminology: "... are called standby or slave servers." > - Words in old release notes for 8.2 and 8.4. > > Could you check those replacements are proper?
Some of these read OK, but others just don't sound right. In particular, "master/standby replication" just sounds odd. I think the word "standby" implies "a server that could take over for the master if it died" while "slave" doesn't necessarily have that connotation. So for example the changes to protocol.sgml read OK to me, but the changes to high-availability.sgml I'm not a big fan of. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise Postgres Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
