| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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| To: | Robert Bernier <robert(dot)bernier5(at)sympatico(dot)ca> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>, Ron Peterson <ron(dot)peterson(at)yellowbank(dot)com>, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) |
| Date: | 2007-08-28 16:03:50 |
| Message-ID: | 20070828160350.GE9918@alvh.no-ip.org |
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Robert Bernier wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 11:06, Dave Page wrote:
> > Decibel! wrote:
> > > I think we can just as easily make the change without any real fanfare
> > > at all.
> >
> > I'm inclined to agree. For the most part we could all just slowly change
> > things to 'Postgres'. I doubt anyone would really notice, except we'd
> > get fewer people getting it wrong!
>
> How about a vote?
>
> How many people feel we should adopt 'postgres' for the '9.0'
> reference documentation (let's leave the issue of the tons of work
> involved out of the debate for the moment)?
+1
I agree with the name change. I'm not sure why delay to 9.0 though;
doing it for 8.3 is fine.
Whether 8.3 will actually be 9.0 is another question.
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