Re: Change log level for notifying hot standby is waiting non-overflowed snapshot

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
To: torikoshia <torikoshia(at)oss(dot)nttdata(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Change log level for notifying hot standby is waiting non-overflowed snapshot
Date: 2025-03-31 16:10:12
Message-ID: 3e680717-b9e0-4696-bc2f-d0ace076ced0@oss.nttdata.com
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On 2025/03/31 22:44, torikoshia wrote:
> Here are some comments on the documentation.

Thanks for the review!

> The following description in high-availability.sgml also seems to misuse the word 'consistent':
>
>   When the <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby"/> parameter is set to true on a
>   standby server, it will begin accepting connections once the recovery has
>   brought the system to a consistent state.
>
> Since this is part of the "User's Overview" section, it may not be appropriate to include too much detail.
> How about rewording it to avoid using 'consistent', for example:
>
>   When the <xref linkend="guc-hot-standby"/> parameter is set to true on a
>   standby server, it will begin accepting connections once it is ready.

"once it is ready." feels too vague to me. How about using
"once recovery has brought the system to a consistent state and
be ready for hot standby." instead?

> +    delaying accepting read-only connections.  To enable hot standby,
> +    a long-lived write transaction with more than 64 subtransactions
> +    needs to be closed on the primary.
>
> Is it better to use 'transactions' in the plural form rather than as a nominal?
>
> - There may be more than one such transaction.
> - The <itemizedlist> below also uses the plural form.
> - The newly added message also uses the plural form:
>   + errhint("To enable hot standby, close write transactions with more than %d subtransactions on the primary server."
>
>
> What do you think?

I'm not sure whether the plural form is better here, but I've updated
the patch as suggested. Attached is the revised version.

Regards,

--
Fujii Masao
Advanced Computing Technology Center
Research and Development Headquarters
NTT DATA CORPORATION

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