| From: | Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: language cleanups in code and docs |
| Date: | 2020-06-16 05:31:13 |
| Message-ID: | CAH2-Wzn+Du+9Drt_qC3V-60eK5_CyRtL_iVToGa+yfW65BdrhA@mail.gmail.com |
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On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 4:54 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Meh. That's carrying PC naming foibles to the point where they
> negatively affect our users (by breaking start scripts and such).
> I think we should leave this alone.
+1. Apart from the practical considerations, I just don't see a
problem with the word postmaster. My mother is a postmistress.
I'm in favor of updating any individual instances of the word "master"
to the preferred equivalent in code and code comments, though.
--
Peter Geoghegan
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