Re: Using Postgres as an alias

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > 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.
>
> Because there seems to be agreement that the FAQ can use the alias I
> have made that change and committed it. There were 7 changes in the
> main FAQ and 3 in the development FAQ. You can see how you like it:
>
> http://wwwmaster.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html
>
> (Give time for the update to hit the web site.)

FYI, the URL above at 'wwwmaster' is now updated with my changes.

(Should I change the URL hostname mentions to be www.postgresql.org
(lowercase) rather than www.PostgreSQL.org?)

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