Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release
От | Peter T Mount |
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Тема | Re: [DOCS] Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release |
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Msg-id | Pine.LNX.3.95.980318073618.27642B-100000@maidast обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: [HACKERS] Small changes for the "no excuses" release ("Thomas G. Lockhart" <lockhart@alumni.caltech.edu>) |
Список | pgsql-hackers |
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Thomas G. Lockhart wrote: > > > 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. > > Frankly, the voluminous docs, many adapted from the originals, seem to > read better using "Postgres" rather than "PostgreSQL" or "Postgres95". I > changed 'em all after defining what each is in the introduction. Would > be a good bit of work to change them back, particularly since folks > aren't volunteering in droves for work on documentation... Well, I am working on the JDBC docs at the moment (when I can fit it in between everything else). I'm just about to plan some tutorials to go in as well. -- Peter T Mount petermount@earthling.net or pmount@maidast.demon.co.uk Main Homepage: http://www.demon.co.uk/finder Work Homepage: http://www.maidstone.gov.uk Work EMail: peter@maidstone.gov.uk
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