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* Update to FAQ
@ 2005-11-22 18:28 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2005-11-22 18:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>; pgsql-docs
I have update the first section of the FAQ:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ.html
In particular:
o reordered items to be more logical
o added clarification of license
o added section about bug reporting replies
o added section of feature requests
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* Update to FAQ
@ 2008-04-09 00:18 Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
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From: Joshua D. Drake @ 2008-04-09 00:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs
To address naming issue.
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Index: FAQ
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/FAQ,v
retrieving revision 1.452
diff -c -r1.452 FAQ
*** FAQ 3 Mar 2008 16:22:55 -0000 1.452
--- FAQ 9 Apr 2008 00:13:38 -0000
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*** 105,114 ****
company. To get involved, see the developer's FAQ at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_DEV.html
! Postgres is a widely-used nickname for PostgreSQL. It was the original
! name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly preferred over other
! nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard to pronounce, call it
! 'Postgres' instead.
1.2) Who controls PostgreSQL?
--- 105,118 ----
company. To get involved, see the developer's FAQ at
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs.FAQ_DEV.html
! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on whether
! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to Postgres.
! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially recognized
! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. Postgres was
! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly
! preferred over other nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard
! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
!
1.2) Who controls PostgreSQL?
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* Re: Update to FAQ
@ 2008-04-09 00:35 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
parent: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2008-04-09 00:35 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
I don't see the value in referencing a community discussion in the FAQ.
What is the goal for this change?
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> To address naming issue.
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* Re: Update to FAQ
@ 2008-04-09 00:42 Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
parent: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
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From: Greg Sabino Mullane @ 2008-04-09 00:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-docs
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Joshua proposed:
! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on whether
! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to Postgres.
! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially recognized
! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. Postgres was
! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly
! preferred over other nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard
! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
!
The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007.
Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Because
it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically
Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make
the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin
of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need
to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding.
In case it wasn't clear, I'm not in support of changing the FAQ
as proposed above.
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* Re: Update to FAQ
@ 2008-04-09 00:46 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]>
parent: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
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From: Bruce Momjian @ 2008-04-09 00:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> Joshua proposed:
>
> ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on whether
> ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to Postgres.
> ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially recognized
> ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL. Postgres was
> ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is strongly
> ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find 'PostgreSQL' hard
> ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
> !
>
> The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007.
> Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either. Because
> it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically
> Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make
> the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin
> of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need
> to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding.
>
> In case it wasn't clear, I'm not in support of changing the FAQ
> as proposed above.
In looking at it now I see the Berkeley sentence isn't necessary so I
just remove it. (It was copied from the documentation.) New text:
<P>Postgres is a widely-used nickname for PostgreSQL. If you find
'PostgreSQL' hard to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.</P>
Shorter is better in the FAQ.
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* Re: Update to FAQ
@ 2008-04-09 00:52 Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
parent: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>
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From: Joshua D. Drake @ 2008-04-09 00:52 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]>; +Cc: pgsql-docs
On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:42:07 -0000
"Greg Sabino Mullane" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ! In November 2007 a classic Open Source debate took place on
> whether ! or not to change the name of the PostgreSQL project to
> Postgres. ! It was decided that Postgres would be an officially
> recognized ! nickname but that the name would remain PostgreSQL.
> Postgres was ! the original name of the project at Berkeley and is
> strongly ! preferred over other nicknames. If you find
> 'PostgreSQL' hard ! to pronounce, call it 'Postgres' instead.
> !
>
> The debate has certainly spread well before (and after) November 2007.
The "decision" came down from core in 11/2007 which is why I referenced
it.
> Not sure what makes it a "classic Open Source debate" either.
Long winded, full of flames and pointless :P
> Because
> it was debated in the open? I think the "decision" was basically
> Core's punting of making the tough but necessary decision to make
> the project name pronounceable once again (if I can add some spin
> of my own :). If we are going to say "It was decided", we need
> to state who (Core) actually did the decreeing / deciding.
Dave Page:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-advocacy/2007-11/msg00109.php
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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