On Sat, Mar 21, 2020 at 03:08:30PM +0100, Jürgen Purtz wrote:
> On 21.03.20 00:03, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> > > > > + <glossentry id="glossary-host">
> > > > > + <glossterm>Host</glossterm>
> > > > > + <glossdef>
> > > > > + <para>
> > > > > + See <glossterm>Server</glossterm>.
> > > > Or client. Or proxy at some layer or other intermediate thing. Maybe just
> > > > remove this.
> > > Sometimes the term "host" is used in a different meaning. Therefor we shall
> > > have this glossary entry for clarification that it shall be used only in the
> > > sense of a "server".
> > I think that suggests just removing "host" and consistently saying "server".
>
> "server", "host", "database server": All three terms are used intensively in
> the documentation. When we define glossary terms, we should also take into
> account the consequences for those parts.
The documentation uses "host", but doesn't always mean "server".
$ git grep -Fw host doc/src/
doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml: that you can perform this backup procedure from any remote host that has
pg_hba appears to be all about client "hosts".
FATAL: no pg_hba.conf entry for host "123.123.123.123", user "andym", database "testdb"
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Justin