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" -- Justin
