On Sat, Dec 29, 2018 at 04:29:28PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 22/12/2018 00:42, Michael Paquier wrote:
>> What about the following then? This is your second proposal except
>> that the sentence refers to the backup current running using "this",
>> which shows better the context in my opinion:
>> "This backup can be canceled safely, but it will not be usable without
>> all the WAL segments.
>
> To much emphasis on the "this" I think, implying that there are other
> backups that cannot be canceled safely.
>
> How about "You can safely cancel this backup, ...".
I can live with that, please find an updated patch.
A personal note on the matter: I tend to prefer using the passive form
in such log messages because they are impersonal, and not use the
direct form because it becomes more personally addressed to the user.
I may be living abroad for too long though ;)
--
Michael