Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL) - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)
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Msg-id 20070828160350.GE9918@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)  (Robert Bernier <robert.bernier5@sympatico.ca>)
Responses Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Re: The naming question (Postgres vs PostgreSQL)  (Dave Page <dpage@postgresql.org>)
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Robert Bernier wrote:
> On Tuesday 28 August 2007 11:06, Dave Page wrote:
> > Decibel! wrote:
> > > I think we can just as easily make the change without any real fanfare
> > > at all.
> >
> > I'm inclined to agree. For the most part we could all just slowly change
> > things to 'Postgres'. I doubt anyone would really notice, except we'd
> > get fewer people getting it wrong!
>
> How about a vote?
>
> How many people feel we should adopt 'postgres' for the '9.0'
> reference documentation (let's leave the issue of the tons of work
> involved out of the debate for the moment)?

+1

I agree with the name change.  I'm not sure why delay to 9.0 though;
doing it for 8.3 is fine.

Whether 8.3 will actually be 9.0 is another question.

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