Thread: Update to FAQ
To address naming issue. -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate
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I don't see the value in referencing a community discussion in the FAQ. What is the goal for this change? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joshua D. Drake wrote: > To address naming issue. > > > -- > The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ > PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ > United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ > Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate > > [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > -- > Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Joshua proposed: ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on whether ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to Postgres. ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially recognized ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. Postgres was ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead. ! The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007. Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Because it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding. In case it wasn't clear, I'm not in support of changing the FAQ as proposed above. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane greg@turnstep.com PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200804082039 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAkf8ELYACgkQvJuQZxSWSsjOdACgn6htAFGYQsM70I3TDkQhM+Nh pFsAn2fyWe7lNIcHkBnVMcMIBL1xDM7G =Nxri -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on whether
> ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to Postgres.
> ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially recognized
> ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. Postgres was
> ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly
> ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard
> ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
> !
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> The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007.
> Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Because
> it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically
> Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make
> the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin
> of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need
> to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding.
>
> In case it wasn't clear, I'm not in support of changing the FAQ
> as proposed above.
In looking at it now I see the Berkeley sentence isn't necessary so I
just remove it. (It was copied from the documentation.) New text:
<P>Postgres is a widely-used nickname for PostgreSQL. If you find
'PostgreSQL' hard to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.</P>
Shorter is better in the FAQ.
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Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com
+ If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:42:07 -0000 "Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> wrote: > ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on > whether ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to > Postgres. ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially > recognized ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. > Postgres was ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is > strongly ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find > 'PostgreSQL' hard ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead. > ! > > The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007. The "decision" came down from core in 11/2007 which is why I referenced it. > Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Long winded, full of flames and pointless :P > Because > it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically > Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make > the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin > of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need > to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding. Dave Page: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-11/msg00109.php Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate