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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: fuerst.thomas@gmail.com
Cc: pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Typo on 2.3. PostgreSQL
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:33:31 -0400
Message-ID: <1888413.1724276011@sss.pgh.pa.us> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <172425474424.862888.6924129599436534742@wrigleys.postgresql.org>
References: <172425474424.862888.6924129599436534742@wrigleys.postgresql.org>

PG Doc comments form <noreply@postgresql.org> writes:
> In https://www.postgresql.org/docs/16/history.html#HISTORY-POSTGRESQL,
> Chapter 2.3. PostgreSQL is written in first sentence: "By 1996, it became
> clear that the name “Postgres95” would not stand the test of time."
> I think there should be "the rest of time" instead of "the test of time"

It's correct as-is --- that's a pretty standard idiom in English.

			regards, tom lane





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