physical should be logical

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#1PG Bug reporting form
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Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/logical-replication-publication.html
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Hi,

On this page,
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/logical-replication-publication.html

The first line states: A publication can be defined on any physical
replication master.
I have the impression that this should be "logical", not "physical".

Cheers,
Willy-Bas Loos

#2Euler Taveira
euler.taveira@2ndquadrant.com
In reply to: PG Bug reporting form (#1)
Re: physical should be logical

On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 12:42, PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org>
wrote:

On this page,
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/12/logical-replication-publication.html

The first line states: A publication can be defined on any physical
replication master.
I have the impression that this should be "logical", not "physical".

Although the statement contains terminology that confuses who is reading,

it is
correct. "physical replication master" means a read-write server. Maybe we
should change this sentence to: "A publication can be defined on any primary
server.". Hence, it avoids the term "physical" that should confuse readers.

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