Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: matti(at)algonet(dot)se (Mattias Kregert)
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release
Date: 1998-03-16 02:31:32
Message-ID: 199803160231.VAA19746@candle.pha.pa.us
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>
> PostgreSQL seem to have a lot of names;
> Postgres 95, Postgres, Pg, Pgsql ... All these names are used in
> FAQ, filenames, docs, installation info, messages etc.
>
> Examples:
> The backend executable is 'postgres', why not 'postgresql'?
> INSTALL: "User postgres is the Postgres superuser"?
>
> I think it would be a good idea to use only "PostgreSQL" in all
> docs, file names and so on, and "pgsql" as the official abbrev.
>
> This is one of the things new users notice and find strange.
> I know, because I did, and people I know did it too.

Added to TODO list.

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