Re: Request for SVPUG mailing list

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dan Bikle <dan(dot)bikle(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Request for SVPUG mailing list
Date: 2009-07-21 23:34:02
Message-ID: 23620.1248219242@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Tom Lane<tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I thought the plan was that PUGs should be named after airport codes.

> I don't think that's the plan, airports are often convenient and well
> known but not always. We have ukpug for example (well we would if we
> got around do doing anything to promote it:) The names are pretty much
> whatever makes sense for the area in question. Some areas have pugs
> for whole countries, other areas have them per state or per city.

Well, there are certainly likely to be cases where there's no suitable
airport code, but the main point of my comment was that SV isn't
particularly unique or instantly recognizable.

regards, tom lane

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