Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.187]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B707E9FC627; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:17:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.187]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 46762-07; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:17:22 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from lists.commandprompt.com (host-254.commandprompt.net [207.173.203.254]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8729E9FC8EB; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:17:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from scratch (or-69-34-217-90.sta.embarqhsd.net [69.34.217.90]) (authenticated bits=0) by lists.commandprompt.com (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l9PKHM9Z019811; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:17:22 -0700 Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:17:59 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Devrim =?UTF-8?B?R8OcTkTDnFo=?= , "pgsql-docs@postgresql.org" , "pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org" , Peter Eisentraut Subject: Re: [DOCS] Pattern for use of the alias "Postgres" Message-ID: <20071025131759.0eb35cd6@scratch> In-Reply-To: <200710252010.l9PKAVn20205@momjian.us> References: <1193341715.22012.84.camel@laptop.gunduz.org> <200710252010.l9PKAVn20205@momjian.us> Organization: Joshua D. Drake X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.0.2 (GTK+ 2.12.0; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="Sig_/cw4I5NsImp=H1=AuTc9OLYf"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.1/4593/Thu Oct 25 00:03:02 2007 on projects.commandprompt.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (lists.commandprompt.com [192.168.2.159]); Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:17:23 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/105 X-Sequence-Number: 12769 --Sig_/cw4I5NsImp=H1=AuTc9OLYf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:10:31 -0400 (EDT) Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Just undo the whole thing. The project name is what it is.=20 > >=20 > > +1. >=20 > Let's not get sidetracked here. There was already agreement in > advocacy to promote the use of the alias, and this thread is to > discuss that, not to revisit whether we should use an alias or not. > If you want to bring up that issue, start a thread and try to get > agreement on it. >=20 Woah, let's be very clear here. There was zero agreement to promote the name postgres. There was agreement to state that Postgres was an acceptable form of the word PostgreSQL. Which I do still agree with, but that is far from "promoting".=20 Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake --=20 =3D=3D=3D The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. =3D=3D=3D Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ UNIQUE NOT NULL Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate PostgreSQL Replication: http://www.commandprompt.com/products/ --Sig_/cw4I5NsImp=H1=AuTc9OLYf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHIPn3ATb/zqfZUUQRAsSJAJ9C6k771lt70zIuwrxn37sPB4QixACeJCeV OOW4+7zmJhgHXz6MljxU02g= =wFCO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/cw4I5NsImp=H1=AuTc9OLYf--