Re: primary/secondary/master/slave/standby

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> The server's messages and the documentation uses all of these terms in
> mixed ways.  Maybe we could decide on some preferred terminology and
> adjust the existing texts.  Ideas?

Primary/secondary seem like a poor choice because they're such generic
terms.  Master/slave is the common terminology for this, I think,
though some might object on grounds of political incorrectness.
If so, master/standby would probably work.
        regards, tom lane