On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 12:56 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Neha Khatri <nehakhat...@gmail.com> writes: > > [In case forgotten] pg_controdata and pg_waldump interfaces should also > be > > considered for this standardization. > > > Following are pg_controldata interfaces that might require change: > > > Latest checkpoint location: > > Prior checkpoint location: > > Latest checkpoint's REDO location: > > Minimum recovery ending location: > > Backup start location: > > Backup end location: > > My inclination is to leave these messages alone. They're not really > inconsistent with anything. Where we seem to be ending up is that > "lsn" will be used in things like function and column names, but > documentation will continue to spell out phrases like "WAL location". > > There is another open thread about converting said phrases to be > more consistent --- a lot of them currently say "transaction log > location", which is not a very good choice because it invites > confusion with pg_xact nee pg_clog. But I think that's mostly > just documentation changes, and in any case it's better done as > a separate patch. > > Are you indicating that the above phrases do not require change because those are consistent with other references. Or the other thread [1] (renaming 'transaction log') should take care of it. Regards, Neha [1] https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/89ba433e-8990-0aad-238f-55e1d7280ece%402ndquadrant.com
