Re: nomenclature - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Thomas Swan
Subject Re: nomenclature
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Msg-id 400817B4.5000007@idigx.com
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In response to Re: nomenclature  ("Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@postgresql.org>)
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Marc G. Fournier wrote:

>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004, Thomas Swan wrote:
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>>Perhaps postgresd, postgresqld, or pg_daemon might be a little more
>>intuitive?
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>I think at this late stage in the game (almost 10 years), changing could
>be a bit difficult and confusing, no? :)   I'd go with something like
>pgsqld myself though, keeps it short ... or we could go even shorter with
>just pgd ...
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>But, I'm not, in any stretch of the imagination, advocating for change on
>this ...
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Agreed, to change it would be a bit insane.  Although a little insanity
often surrounds a major version release... 

I just thought the anecdote of confusing it for an MTA was a little funny.

Thomas



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