doc: clarify that logical slots track transaction activity

Previously it only mentioned WAL retention.

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/pexmenhqptw5h4ma4qasz3cvjtynivxprqifgghdjtmkxdig2g@djg7bk2p6pts

Backpatch-through: master
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Bruce Momjian 1 month ago
parent 43e6929bb2
commit 4c00960772
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      doc/src/sgml/logical-replication.sgml

@ -225,8 +225,9 @@
</para>
<para>
By default a new subscription creates a logical replication slot on the
publisher and then uses this slot to preserve necessary WAL (see <xref
By default a new subscription creates a logical replication slot on
the publisher and then uses this slot to track relevant transaction
activity and preserve necessary WAL (see <xref
linkend="streaming-replication-slots"/>). Additional replication
slots may be required for the initial data synchronization of
pre-existing table data and those will be dropped at the end of data

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