Re: Regarding WAL Format Changes

Excerpts from Heikki Linnakangas's message of mié jun 27 10:56:13 -0400 2012:
> On 27.06.2012 17:14, Amit Kapila wrote:

> >    For the above 2 changed error messages, 'log segment' is used for
> > filename.
> >    However all similar changes has 'log file' for filename. There are some
> > places
> >    where 'log segment' is used and other places it is 'log file'.
> >    So is there any particular reason for it?
>
> Not really. There are several messages that use "log file %s", and also
> several places that use "log segment %s" Should we make it consistent
> and use either "log segment" or "log file" everywhere?

I think it would be better to use "log segment" for WAL segments.  That
way we don't cause confusion with the regular text/csv log output files.
Heck, maybe even "WAL segment" instead of "log".

As a translator, I can't have a single, clear explanation of what "log
file" is because there are multiple meanings.  It would be better not to
depend on context.

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