docs: Improve the description of num_timed column in pg_stat_checkpointer.

Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>

Commit: a7c39db5eb342dd491dacf39546486c6a539ea43
Author: Fujii Masao <fujii@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-18T17:14:10Z
Releases: 18.0
docs: Improve the description of num_timed column in pg_stat_checkpointer.

The previous documentation stated that num_timed reflects the number of
scheduled checkpoints performed. However, checkpoints may be skipped
if the server has been idle, and num_timed counts both skipped and completed
checkpoints. This commit clarifies the description to make it clear that
the counter includes both skipped and completed checkpoints.

Back-patch to v17 where pg_stat_checkpointer was added.

Author: Fujii Masao
Reviewed-by: Alexander Korotkov
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/9ea77f40-818d-4841-9dee-158ac8f6e690@oss.nttdata.com

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