Re: pg_stat_progress_basebackup - progress reporting for pg_basebackup, in the server side

On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 18:25 Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 5, 2020 at 6:15 PM Kyotaro Horiguchi
> <horikyota.ntt@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2020年2月5日(水) 17:54 Amit Langote <amitlangote09@gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> > I'm not sure, but doesn't that mean "waiting for a checkpoint to
> >> > start"?  Sorry in advance if that is not the case.
> >>
> >> No, I really meant "to finish".  As Sawada-san said upthread, we
> >> should really use text that describes the activity that usually takes
> >> long.  While it takes takes only a moment to actually start the
> >> checkpoint, it might take long for it to finish.
> >
> > I meant that the wording might sound as if it implies "to start", but..
>
> Ah, I misunderstood then, sorry.
>
> So, maybe you're saying that "waiting for checkpoint" is ambiguous and
> most people will assume it means "...to start".  As for me, I assume
> it ends with "...to finish".
>
> >> As Fujii-san says
> >> though we don't need the noise words "to finish".
> >
> > Understood, sorry for my noise.
>
> Actually, that's an important point to consider and we should strive
> to use words that are unambiguous.


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Thanks,
Amit

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