Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >Here is a patch further cleaning up dummy process startup and the > >bootstrap code itself a little. > > Could we please call the "dummy" processes something else? Dummy > seems a bit belittling for such important things like bgwriter and the > startup process. > > How about worker or helper process?
Well, sure, but the name was there before I patched it :-) This is mostly a code issue though, not something that shows up at all at the user level. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate