Re: Using Postgres as an alias

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using Postgres as an alias
Date: 2007-09-26 18:28:15
Message-ID: 46FAA4BF.30606@commandprompt.com
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> In an attempt to get "Postgres" more widely used, I propose changing
>>> "PostgreSQL" to "Postgres" in the documentation when there is more
>>> than one mention of "PostgreSQL" in the same paragraph.
>> I don't see why the documentation readers should be the first victims of
>> our differences about product naming. Technical documentation is the
>> last place where you want to be ambiguous and inconsistent. If you
>> want to introduce useless randomness, please start somewhere else.
>
> If we agree we should mention our alias "Postgres" more, where do you
> propose we do that? I suggested the documentation and FAQ. Do you have
> a better idea?

I believe the FAQ is sufficient.

Joshua D. Drake

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