Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B90D9FCCF9 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:32:50 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 15108-10 for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:32:33 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from main2.mycybernet.net (main2.mycybernet.net [209.222.63.140]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 632739FCCEC for ; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:32:46 -0300 (ADT) Received: from 227-54-222-209.mycybernet.net ([209.222.54.227] helo=crankycanuck.ca) by main2.mycybernet.net with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1IlVrJ-0007or-He for pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:32:45 -0400 Received: by crankycanuck.ca (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 219043F9E; Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:32:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:32:40 -0400 From: Andrew Sullivan To: pgsql-advocacy@postgresql.org Subject: Re: First mention option for Postgres Message-ID: <20071026203240.GF4717@crankycanuck.ca> References: <20071026132509.288c6795@scratch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20071026132509.288c6795@scratch> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200710/120 X-Sequence-Number: 12784 On Fri, Oct 26, 2007 at 01:25:09PM -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > PostgreSQL hereafter referred to as Postgres > I propose that we could have the FAQ and the Docs do the same thing. > The very first mention in these documents will same something to the I think there's nothing wrong with doing it in the FAQ. It's consistent with what the FAQ already says, and in any case it's what people have been doing informally for years. As I've suggested before (and as others have), I think doing it in formal documentation and such like without a longer-term plan for communications is a bad idea. But I will cheerfully shut up about it no matter what is decided, especially since I'm not doing any of the work. A -- Andrew Sullivan | ajs@crankycanuck.ca The very definition of "news" is "something that hardly ever happens." --Bruce Schneier