Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release
Date
Msg-id 199803160231.VAA19746@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Small changes for the "no excuses" release  (Mattias Kregert <matti@algonet.se>)
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>
> PostgreSQL seem to have a lot of names;
>   Postgres 95, Postgres, Pg, Pgsql ... All these names are used in
>   FAQ, filenames, docs, installation info, messages etc.
>
> Examples:
>   The backend executable is 'postgres', why not 'postgresql'?
>   INSTALL: "User postgres is the Postgres superuser"?
>
> I think it would be a good idea to use only "PostgreSQL" in all
> docs, file names and so on, and "pgsql" as the official abbrev.
>
> This is one of the things new users notice and find strange.
> I know, because I did, and people I know did it too.

Added to TODO list.

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