On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 1:54 PM Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> I don't object to an underscore, but it looks a bit uglier to me.
> AFAIK the main problem with uuid-ossp was that it is used as an identifier, so
> it required quoting, which won't be the case with this process name.
I agree, and for that r
Alvaro Herrera writes:
> On 2021-Nov-23, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Bad memories of uuid-ossp float up ... can we use underscore?
> I don't object to an underscore, but it looks a bit uglier to me.
> AFAIK the main problem with uuid-ossp was that it is used as an identifier, so
> it required quoting, whi
On 2021-Nov-23, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera writes:
> > On 2021-Nov-20, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> >> Maybe something along those lines but using a dash/hyphen would work:
> >> e.g. wal-replayer
>
> > Yeah, the idea of a dash occurred to me too.
>
> Bad memories of uuid-ossp float up ... can
Alvaro Herrera writes:
> On 2021-Nov-20, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>> Maybe something along those lines but using a dash/hyphen would work:
>> e.g. wal-replayer
> Yeah, the idea of a dash occurred to me too.
Bad memories of uuid-ossp float up ... can we use underscore?
regar
On 2021-Nov-20, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Maybe something along those lines but using a dash/hyphen would work:
> e.g. wal-replayer
Yeah, the idea of a dash occurred to me too.
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On 11/18/21 15:22, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera writes:
>> If we change the name, and I support the idea that we do, I think a
>> good name would be "wal replay". I think "recovery" is not great
>> precisely because in a standby there is likely no crash that we're
>> recovering from.
> Fair
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 11:45:40PM +, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
> +1 to something like "wal replay" or "wal apply." My view is that
> terms like "startup" and "recovery" indicate the goal of the process
> while "replay" and "apply" just explain what it does. This would be
> in line with the othe
On 11/18/21, 12:24 PM, "Tom Lane" wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera writes:
>> If we change the name, and I support the idea that we do, I think a
>> good name would be "wal replay". I think "recovery" is not great
>> precisely because in a standby there is likely no crash that we're
>> recovering from.
>
Alvaro Herrera writes:
> If we change the name, and I support the idea that we do, I think a
> good name would be "wal replay". I think "recovery" is not great
> precisely because in a standby there is likely no crash that we're
> recovering from.
Fair point.
> The word "replay" is at odds with
On 2021-Nov-18, Tom Lane wrote:
> Justin Pryzby writes:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:24:14PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Personally I think making a glossary entry that explains what the
> >> process does would be a better plan than renaming it.
>
> > Since d3014fff4:
> > https://www.postgresq
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:24 PM Tom Lane wrote:
> Being hackers ourselves, I'm not sure we're qualified to opine on
> that. I cannot say that I've noticed any questions about it on
> the mailing lists, though.
What I've noticed when supporting EDB customer is that if, say,
there's a problem wit
Justin Pryzby writes:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:24:14PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Personally I think making a glossary entry that explains what the
>> process does would be a better plan than renaming it.
> Since d3014fff4:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/glossary.html#GLOSSARY-STARTUP
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 12:24:14PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas writes:
> > On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:05 AM Tom Lane wrote:
> >> Yeah, given current usage it would be better to call it the "recovery
> >> process". However, I'm feeling dubious that it's worth the cost to
> >> change. Th
On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 3:33 AM Rushabh Lathia wrote:
> I think a better name for the process may be “recovery”
+1
Robert Haas writes:
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:05 AM Tom Lane wrote:
>> Yeah, given current usage it would be better to call it the "recovery
>> process". However, I'm feeling dubious that it's worth the cost to
>> change. The "startup" name is embedded in a lot of places, I think,
>> and peo
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 11:05 AM Tom Lane wrote:
> Yeah, given current usage it would be better to call it the "recovery
> process". However, I'm feeling dubious that it's worth the cost to
> change. The "startup" name is embedded in a lot of places, I think,
> and people are used to it. I fear
Robert Haas writes:
> That's true, but those tasks are very brief. Nobody's going to get too
> confused by a "recovery" process that shows up for a few milliseconds
> when there's no recovery to be done. Having a "startup" process that
> sticks around forever on a standy, though, actually is confu
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 5:34 AM Bharath Rupireddy
wrote:
> The startup process main function looks to be to do some
> initialization required for recovery and do the recovery, exit if it
> is a crash recovery or stay there if it is a standby recovery. Apart
> from these I'm not sure it does any no
On Thu, Nov 18, 2021 at 6:06 PM Andrey Borodin wrote:
>
>
>
> > 15 нояб. 2021 г., в 19:32, Rushabh Lathia
> > написал(а):
> >
> > Open for suggestions and thoughts.
>
>
> How about walapplier ?
> Similar to walsender, walreciver..
>
Or maybe walreplayer ?
Regards,
Amul
> 15 нояб. 2021 г., в 19:32, Rushabh Lathia
> написал(а):
>
> Open for suggestions and thoughts.
How about walapplier ?
Similar to walsender, walreciver..
Best regards, Andrey Borodin.
On Mon, Nov 15, 2021 at 8:03 PM Rushabh Lathia wrote:
> Robert and I wondered whether we would like to rename the startup
>
> process. The reason for doing this is that the current name doesn't
>
> make any sense, as in the stand-by mode replay loop as the main
>
> loop, the startup process stays
Hi,
Robert and I wondered whether we would like to rename the startup
process. The reason for doing this is that the current name doesn't
make any sense, as in the stand-by mode replay loop as the main
loop, the startup process stays around.
I think a better name for the process may be “reco
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