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Re: Additional Chapter for Tutorial

Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>

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From: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
To: Jürgen Purtz <juergen@purtz.de>
Cc: Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2020-04-17T18:18:17Z
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>
> I plan to extend over time the part 'Tutorial' by an additional chapter
> with an overview about key design decisions and basic features. The
> typical audience should consist of persons with limited pre-knowledge in
> database systems and some interest in PostgreSQL. In the attachment you
> find a patch for the first sub-chapter. Subsequent sub-chapters should
> be: MVCC, transactions, VACUUM, backup, replication, ... - mostly with
> the focus on the PostgreSQL implementation and not on generic topics
> like b-trees.
>

+1

Commits

  1. Align some terms in arch-dev.sgml to glossary

  2. doc: Copy-edit the "Overview of PostgreSQL Internals" chapter

  3. Merge postmaster and postgres command into just postgres. postmaster