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* Phrasing to consider (non-technical) @ 2018-10-29 14:50 PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: PG Doc comments form @ 2018-10-29 14:50 UTC (permalink / raw) To: [email protected]; +Cc: [email protected] The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html Description: On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other software." The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software packages." "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or "multiple" would. Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some things. --Kevin. ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Phrasing to consider (non-technical) @ 2018-11-21 21:56 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> parent: PG Doc comments form <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread From: Bruce Momjian @ 2018-11-21 21:56 UTC (permalink / raw) To: [email protected]; [email protected] On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 02:50:22PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html > Description: > > On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: > > "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other > software." > > The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional > replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software > packages." > > "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or > "multiple" would. > > Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some > things. I just went with simpler text, patch attached and backpatched. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription + Attachments: [text/x-diff] zone.diff (857B, 2-zone.diff) download | inline diff: diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml new file mode 100644 index cae3fa9..8a7a695 *** a/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml --- b/doc/src/sgml/datatype.sgml *************** January 8 04:05:06 1999 PST *** 2411,2417 **** linkend="view-pg-timezone-names"/>). <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses the widely-used IANA time zone data for this purpose, so the same time zone ! names are also recognized by much other software. </para> </listitem> <listitem> --- 2411,2417 ---- linkend="view-pg-timezone-names"/>). <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> uses the widely-used IANA time zone data for this purpose, so the same time zone ! names are also recognized other software. </para> </listitem> <listitem> ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread
* Re: Phrasing to consider (non-technical) @ 2018-11-21 22:21 Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> parent: Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> 0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread From: Bruce Momjian @ 2018-11-21 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: [email protected]; [email protected] On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 04:56:40PM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 02:50:22PM +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote: > > The following documentation comment has been logged on the website: > > > > Page: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/11/static/datatype-datetime.html > > Description: > > > > On the page for Data Types - DateTime, there is this part of a sentence: > > > > "....so the same time zone names are also recognized by much other > > software." > > > > The phrase of "much other software" is what caught me. An optional > > replacement would be: "many other software systems." or "multiple software > > packages." > > > > "much" has a connotation that doesn't fit here as well as "many" or > > "multiple" would. > > > > Thanks for the documentation. It has been very helpful in clarifying some > > things. > > I just went with simpler text, patch attached and backpatched. Ah, removed one too many words. The new text is now: names are also recognized by other software. -- Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + As you are, so once was I. As I am, so you will be. + + Ancient Roman grave inscription + ^ permalink raw reply [nested|flat] 3+ messages in thread
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