Re: Using Postgres as an alias

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.)

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