Define MXID acronym in documentation
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Hi,
I noticed that while XID (Transaction ID) is properly defined as an
acronym in the PostgreSQL documentation, MXID (Multixact ID) is used
without a formal definition.
This patch adds an entry for MXID to acronyms.sgml with a link to the
"Multixacts and Wraparound" section, and introduces the acronym in
maintenance.sgml alongside the existing "Multixact IDs" term, following
the same pattern used for XID.
Regards,
Taiki Koshino
Taiki Koshino<koshino@sraoss.co.jp>
SRA OSS K.K.
TEL: 03-5979-2701 FAX: 03-5979-2702
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On 5 Aug 2026, at 07:17, Koshino Taiki <koshino@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that while XID (Transaction ID) is properly defined as an
acronym in the PostgreSQL documentation, MXID (Multixact ID) is used
without a formal definition.This patch adds an entry for MXID to acronyms.sgml with a link to the
"Multixacts and Wraparound" section, and introduces the acronym in
maintenance.sgml alongside the existing "Multixact IDs" term, following
the same pattern used for XID.
Good find, pushed. Thanks for your contribution!
--
Daniel Gustafsson
Thank you for pushing this.
Let me suggest one more small fix.
Since the preceding word is plural, the acronym should probably be
pluralized too: (<acronym>MXID</acronym>s) rather than
(<acronym>MXID</acronym>).
This matches existing conventions elsewhere in the docs, e.g. MCVs
(most common values) and MCFs (most common frequencies) in
planstats.sgml.
Taiki Koshino<koshino@sraoss.co.jp>
SRA OSS K.K.
TEL: 03-5979-2701 FAX: 03-5979-2702
URL: https://www.sraoss.co.jp/
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差出人: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
送信日時: 2026年8月6日 21:12
宛先: Koshino Taiki <koshino@sraoss.co.jp>
CC: pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
件名: Re: Define MXID acronym in documentation
On 5 Aug 2026, at 07:17, Koshino Taiki <koshino@sraoss.co.jp> wrote:
Hi,
I noticed that while XID (Transaction ID) is properly defined as an
acronym in the PostgreSQL documentation, MXID (Multixact ID) is used
without a formal definition.This patch adds an entry for MXID to acronyms.sgml with a link to the
"Multixacts and Wraparound" section, and introduces the acronym in
maintenance.sgml alongside the existing "Multixact IDs" term, following
the same pattern used for XID.
Good find, pushed. Thanks for your contribution!
--
Daniel Gustafsson
The following review has been posted through the commitfest application:
make installcheck-world: not tested
Implements feature: not tested
Spec compliant: not tested
Documentation: tested, passed
Hello,
LGTM.
As this is only a documentation change I have just rebuild PG 20devel and rebuild documentation with:
cd doc/src/sgml
make STYLE=webiste html
And I have checked that MXIDs is defined in following section:
"
24.1.5.1. Multixacts and Wraparound
Multixact IDs (MXIDs) are used to support row locking by multiple transactions.
"
Regards
Pierre Forstmann