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Re: language cleanups in code and docs

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-06-16T13:30:09Z
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Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> I'd be more worried about for example postmaster.pid, which would break a
> *lot* of scripts and integrations. postmaster is also exposed in the system
> catalogs.

Oooh, that's an excellent point.  A lot of random stuff knows that file
name.

To be clear, I'm not against removing incidental uses of the word
"master".  But the specific case of "postmaster" seems a little too
far ingrained to be worth changing.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

  1. Replace remaining uses of "whitelist".

  2. pgindent: whitelist/blacklist -> additional/excluded.

  3. Rename "enum blacklist" to "uncommitted enums".

  4. code: replace most remaining uses of 'master'.

  5. docs: replace 'master process' with 'supervisor process' where appropriate.

  6. docs: replace 'master' with 'root' where appropriate.

  7. docs: replace 'master' with 'primary' where appropriate.

  8. code: replace 'master' with 'leader' where appropriate.

  9. code: replace 'master' with 'primary' where appropriate.

  10. tap tests: replace 'master' with 'primary'.