Re: language cleanups in code and docs

On 7/8/20 5:17 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On 2020-Jul-08, David Steele wrote:
>
>> On 7/8/20 4:39 PM, Andres Freund wrote:
>
>> I think this phrasing in the original/updated version is pretty awkward:
>>
>> + A standby server that cannot be connected to until it is promoted to a
>> + primary server is called a ...
>
> Yeah.
>
>> How about:
>>
>> + A standby server that must be promoted to a primary server before
>> + accepting connections is called a ...
>
> How about just reducing it to "A standby server that doesn't accept
> connection is called a ..."? We don't really need to explain that if
> you do promote the standby it will start accept connections -- do we?
> It should be pretty obvious if you promote a standby, it will cease to
> be a standby in the first place. This verbiage seems excessive.

Works for me.

Regards,
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-David
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