Re: PG Docs - CREATE SUBSCRIPTION option list order

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

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com>, Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2021-09-04T18:53:02Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Amit Kapila <amit.kapila16@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:32 AM Peter Smith <smithpb2250@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, if there were dozens of list items then I would agree that they
>> should be grouped somehow. But there aren't.

> I think this list is going to grow in the future as we enhance this
> subsystem. For example, the pending 2PC patch will add another
> parameter to this list.

Well, we've got nine now; growing to ten wouldn't be a lot.  However,
I think that grouping the options would be helpful because the existing
presentation seems extremely confusing.  In particular, I think it might
help to separate the options that only determine what happens during
CREATE SUBSCRIPTION from those that control how replication behaves later.
(Are the latter set the same ones that are shared with ALTER
SUBSCRIPTION?)

Also, I think a lot of these descriptions desperately need copy-editing.
The grammar is shoddy and the markup is inconsistent.

			regards, tom lane



Commits

  1. Doc: improve documentation of CREATE/ALTER SUBSCRIPTION.

  2. Doc: Change optional parameters grouping in Create Subscription.