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From: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
To: Alvaro Herrera <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Added documentation about caching, reliability
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 22:30:40 -0400 (EDT)
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:08:02PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > The chapter sections are:
> > 
> > 	Table of Contents
> > 	26.1. Write-Ahead Logging (WAL)
> > 	26.2. Benefits of WAL
> > 	26.3. WAL Configuration
> > 	26.4. WAL Internals
> > 
> > Are you suggesting we spell out Write-Ahead Logging for all section
> > titles?
> 
> Is it considered good style to use acronyms in titles?  I wouldn't do it.
> 
> Maybe it could be left as
> 
>  	26.1. Write-Ahead Logging
>  	26.2. Benefits of Write-Ahead Logging

I modified 26.2 as you suggested.

>  	26.3. WAL Configuration
>  	26.4. WAL Internals
> 
> because the former two talk about WAL in a general manner, while the
> latter two are about our implementation.  I also wouldn't expand the
> acronym in a title.

I think we do need to show the acronym in the title if use that acronym
in later titles.

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