Erik Rijkers <er@xs4all.nl> writes:
> Logical replication emits logmessages like these:
> DETAIL: 90 transactions need to finish.
> DETAIL: 87 transactions need to finish.
> DETAIL: 70 transactions need to finish.
> Could we get rid of that 'need'? It strikes me as a bit off; something
> that people would say but not a mechanical message by a computer. I
> dislike it strongly.
> I would prefer the line to be more terse:
> DETAIL: 90 transactions to finish.
> Am I the only one who is annoyed by this phrase?
Our style guidelines say that detail messages should be complete
sentences, so I don't like your proposal too much.
Maybe "N transactions remain to finish." ?
regards, tom lane