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Re: Use "WAL segment" instead of "log segment" consistently in user-facing messages

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com>
Cc: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-07-18T18:30:28Z
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Overall, these patches look reasonable.

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022 at 04:24:12PM +0530, Bharath Rupireddy wrote:
>     record.  Because the entire content of data pages is saved in the
> -   log on the first page modification after a checkpoint (assuming
> +   WAL record on the first page modification after a checkpoint (assuming
>     <xref linkend="guc-full-page-writes"/> is not disabled), all pages
>     changed since the checkpoint will be restored to a consistent
>     state.

nitpick: I would remove the word "record" in this change.

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Nathan Bossart
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Commits

  1. Use the terminology "WAL file" not "log file" more consistently.