> On Aug 1, 2017, at 3:59 PM, Stephen Frost <sfr...@snowman.net> wrote: > > Alvaro, all, > > * Alvaro Herrera (alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com) wrote: >> Simon Riggs wrote: >>> On 31 July 2017 at 22:13, <sabrina.iq...@target.com> wrote: >>>> The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: >>>> >>>> Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/release-9-6.html >>>> Description: >>>> >>>> Wondering why PostgreSQL still uses the terms master and slave when there >>>> are other terms like primary/secondary that can be used in the same manner. >>> >>> Do you think primary/secondary is more descriptive? >> >> I think "primary" is fine, but "secondary" isn't. >> >>> I started using the terms Primary and Secondary in the original use, >>> but I think we've moved away from that towards Master/Standby, which >>> fits better with a world where "muti-master" is a frequently used term >>> and an eventual goal in core. Multi-primary doesn't seem to make much >>> sense. >> >> Elsewhere we've started using the terms "origin" and "replica". >> "Multi-origin" sounds sensible enough to me whereas "multi-primary" >> doesn't. > > I don't feel like we see much of that terminology being used, whereas > 'primary' and 'replica' seem to be more common (particularly since > that's what the big O company uses).
+1 > Multi-origin doesn't "feel" any better to me than multi-primary does > (neither is great...), but when it comes to the logical replication side > of things, publishers and subscribers does seem to fit well and so I'm > not entirely sure that we actually need to use the terms "multi-primary" > or "multi-origin"..? For the type of things logical replication does, publisher / subscriber does seem to be the accepted terminology. We just need to be careful in our own documentation based on the LISTEN / NOTIFY functionality that also has similar subscribe / publish terminology in the industry. Jonathan -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
