From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | PostgreSQL advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Pattern for use of the alias "Postgres" |
Date: | 2007-10-26 19:11:56 |
Message-ID: | 200710261911.l9QJBuL07087@momjian.us |
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[ BCC to docs.]
FYI, since no one liked my second-in-paragraph usage of "Postgres" in
the FAQ and developer's FAQ, I have removed it.
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bruce wrote:
> [ BCC to docs because this might affect documentation too.]
>
> You probably remember the discussion about promoting the use of the
> alias "Postgres" in addition to the official name "PostgreSQL". I have
> changed the FAQ so that in paragraphs with multiple references to
> "PostgreSQL" we also use the alias "Postgres".
>
> I have talked about a similar change to our documentation and perhaps
> the web site, but I am _not_ ready to discuss those.
>
> What I want to ask about is an idea a few people have mentioned. They
> don't like that we change usage in the same paragraph. The suggestion
> is to mention that "Postgres" is an alias to "PostgreSQL" at the top of
> the document and just use "Postgres" in the remainder of the document.
>
> This seems like a lot more use of the alias than I though we wanted as a
> group, but because several of the people suggesting this also didn't
> want the alias at all, I figure I should ask and we can discuss it.
>
> So, for the FAQ, which currently uses the second-entry-per-paragraph
> logic, should it be changed to the logic suggested above where every
> mention but the first is "Postgres"? (This will of course affect the
> documentation changes when we are ready to discuss those.)
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