Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list
Date: 2024-09-02 11:38:06
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> On 2 Sep 2024, at 13:06, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari(at)ilmari(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>
>> I normally wouldn't mention my blog entries here, but this one was about
>> the hackers mailing list, so wanted to let people know about it in case you
>> don't follow Planet Postgres. I scanned the last year's worth of posts and
>> gathered the most used acronyms and jargon. The most commonly used acronym
>> was IMO (in my opinion), followed by FWIW (for what it's worth), and IIUC
>> (if I understand correctly). The complete list can be found in the post
>> below, I'll refrain from copying everything here.
>>
>> https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/understanding-the-postgres-hackers-mailing-list
>
> Nice write-up!

+1

> Might it also be worth linking to the acronyms and
> glossary sections of the docs?

Or maybe on the site under https://www.postgresql.org/list/ in some way?

--
Daniel Gustafsson

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