Re: Using Postgres as an alias

Hello Bruce

I really unlike this game about change the name. If you get 100%
support then situation is simple, but you hasn't it. I use PostgreSQL,
Postgres and I doesn't any strong benefit with change of name.
Devrim's argument about renaming all packages is really strong for me.

I agree so official documentation have to use only name PostgreSQL. Is
technical documentation not articles. And again I don't see any
benefit. Currently Postgres is well know synonym for PostgreSQL and
there isn't necessary push it into documentation. Please stop it.

Regards

Pavel Stehule

2007/9/26, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
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> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > >> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >>> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > >>>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > >>>>> But without such changes the alias is only in the FAQ and will not be
> > >>>>> widely used.
> > >>>> I'm not sure if this has been thought through to the end. If we make
> > >>>> the point that PostgreSQL can also be called Postgres, this does not
> > >>>> prevent anyone from calling it Postgre or any other forms that we might
> > >>>> not like. It might in fact make people think that it has various names
> > >>>> and you can call it whatever you want.
> > >>> Well, they are already calling it "Postgre" without our help, so I see
> > >>> us giving them a clear alternative to PostgreSQL as helping avoid
> > >>> "Postgre".
> > >>>
> > >>> But in the end, they can continue calling us whatever they want and we
> > >>> can't stop them.
> > >> Then why are we bothering trying?
> > >
> > > Because though we can't _stop_ them, we can certainly influence them.
> > > Why are you asking such simplistic questions?
> >
> > It seemed odd to me. You said, "we can't stop them". So it seems like an
> > awful lot of wasted effort to try.
>
> Not sure why you see this as fatalist. I can't _make_ many people do
> much, but I can encourage them to do things, as you have seen. That's
> what we are doing here to encourage the use of "Postgres".
>
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