Re: "stable storage"

From: Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: "stable storage"
Date: 2020-08-21 22:22:36
Message-ID: CAH2-Wzm3sLSy5yjO=pDO0kDMQ-F9CcPajV+TKGZR9tryWmXNAQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 3:12 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> > Is "stable storage" the same as "durable storage"? Should we rename
> > "stable storage" mentions to "durable storage"?
>
> I have developed the attached doc patch to change "stable storage" to
> "durable storage".

I agree that this is an improvement. The word "durable" is more
descriptive than "stable". (The word "stable" might be more
recognizable, but that in itself doesn't make the text any clearer.)

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Peter Geoghegan

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