Re: Using Postgres as an alias

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Marc G(dot) Fournier" <scrappy(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com, derek(dot)rodner(at)enterprisedb(dot)com, peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Using Postgres as an alias
Date: 2007-09-27 08:15:03
Message-ID: 46FB6687.2020106@postgresql.org
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Pavel Stehule wrote:
> 2007/9/27, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>:
>> Pavel Stehule wrote:
>>> FAQ isn't strict technical documentation, and there aliases arn't too
>>> bad. Why do you thing so word Postgres needs any promoting?
>> Isn't it obvious from the number of people calling it Postgre that an
>> acceptable short form should be promoted?
>>
>> Earlier in this round of discussion it seemed that most people didn't
>> like seeing postgre, but we were split on an official name change to
>> Postgres. Doesn't it therefore make sense to leave the official name,
>> and just promote the acceptable short name?
>
> ?? I am sorry, but I really don't see any sense for it. No.

So you're in the "Don't care what people call the project" camp rather
than the "We need to change but this is the wrong way" one?

Just trying to understand your thinking on this.

/D

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