Re: Pattern for use of the alias "Postgres"

On Thursday 25 October 2007 11:32, Bruce Momjian 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.)

IMHO (and others as well, since this has been raised by others as well) this
only makes are docs / faqs / etc... more confusing, and I think the use of
both names scattered through is more confusing. We should strive to be
consistent with our useage, whichever name we want to use.

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Robert Treat
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