2011/3/11 Dmitriy Igrishin <[email protected]> > > > 2011/3/11 Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]> > > Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of vie mar 11 11:42:58 -0300 2011: >> > Alvaro Herrera wrote: >> > > Excerpts from Dmitriy Igrishin's message of dom feb 20 06:19:19 -0300 >> 2011: >> > > >> > > > Better, undoubtedly. >> > > > Another alternative is just "server". Why? Well, for consistency, >> e.g. with >> > > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/errcodes-appendix.html >> > > > Here you may see phrase "All messages emitted by the PostgreSQL >> server ..." >> > > > and furthermore, there are some SQL standard's "SQLSTATE" code >> > > > which name includes "server" rather than "backend": >> > > > SQLSERVER REJECTED ESTABLISHMENT OF SQLCONNECTION >> > > > But anyway, phrase "backend server" is incorrect. >> > > >> > > Maybe some cleanup would be good, but in that case please provide a >> > > specific patch. The replacement suggested in the email that started >> > > this thread seems OK, but wholesale replacement of the phrase "backend >> > > server" with something else is likely to introduce as many mistakes as >> > > it would fix. For example, the description of postgres' -T switch >> would >> > > then be wrong. >> > > >> > > I think using the protocol chapter as reference for terms to use is a >> > > bad idea -- it's one of the most obscure chapters in the >> documentation. >> > >> > OK, attached is my proposed patch; it mostly changes "backend server" >> > to "backend process". >> >> Looks good to me, thanks for the effort. >> >> This whole thread makes me think that we should consider having a >> glossary of terms in the docs. >> > +1. > The implementation of this idea can be very helpful especially for people making translations of the documentation.
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