Hi, On 2025-11-14 09:49:02 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:25:20AM -0500, Andres Freund wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On 2025-11-14 09:12:33 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 14, 2025 at 09:05:07AM -0500, Andres Freund wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > On 2025-11-14 09:02:12 -0500, Andres Freund wrote: > > > > > On 2025-11-14 13:56:06 +0000, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > > doc: remove verbiage about "receiving" data from rep. slots > > > > > > > > > > > > The slots are just LSN markers, not something to receive from. > > > > > > > > > > I think this is wrong. Logical slots also preserve resources other > > > > > than WAL. > > > > > > > > I also think that the complaint about slots not being something to > > > > receive > > > > from is simply wrong for logical slots. > > > > > > Uh, can you clarify since I can't find details on what they preserve. > > > > Slots (physical ones can, logical ones always do), prevent row cleanup on > > the > > primary. > > I see your point. How is the attached patch? The link right after the > modified text talks only about WAL retention, so I think we need > something in this sentence to say we do more than WAL retention for > logical replication slots.
It's less wrong, but I don't think this is the right place to add more documentation about what replication slots do. Greetings, Andres Freund
