Re: small clairifcation

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, karimelghazouly(at)gmail(dot)com, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: small clairifcation
Date: 2020-09-01 00:42:57
Message-ID: 20200901004257.GU13613@momjian.us
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On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 09:51:49PM -0700, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 6:17 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>
> PG Doc comments form <noreply(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website:
> > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.5/ssh-tunnels.html
> > Description:
>
> > "The first number in the -L argument, 63333, is the port number of your
> end
> > of the tunnel; it can be any unused port. (IANA reserves ports 49152
> through
> > 65535 for private use.) The second number, 5432, is the remote end of the
> > tunnel: the port number your server is using. "
>
> > as a beginner This took me some time to understand what do you mean by
> "your
> > server" "your end of the tunnel "
>
> Hm, do you have a suggestion for better wording?
>
>
>
> I agree on the need for a different perspective here since it reads just fine
> once you know what it is talking about.
>
> But absent that maybe a slightly more tutorial flow would be good.

I didn't think a tutorial flow was the right thing to here, so I
reworded the section to be more details and have a clearer flow ---
patch attached.

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