Re: Inconsistent terminology for -j/--jobs option in documentation

Tatsuro Yamada <yamatattsu@gmail.com>

From: Tatsuro Yamada <yamatattsu@gmail.com>
To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-01-11T04:01:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi Michael-san,

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 1:03 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 11:48:21AM +0900, Tatsuro Yamada wrote:
> > To double-check, I also looked at the documentation for vacuumdb,
> > reindexdb, and pg_upgrade, and all of them use "njobs".
>
> As far as I can see:
> $ cd doc && git grep "number-of-jobs" | wc -l
> 3
> $ cd doc && git grep "njobs" | wc -l
> 14
>
> While it is minor, I agree that we could just make things consistent
> across the board as you are suggesting, so LGTM.


Thanks!
Yeah, it's minor but there is a quote that says God is in the details.

Regards,
Tatsuro Yamada

Commits

  1. doc: Improve description of pg_restore --jobs