Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lrLJy-000440-KY for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:06:10 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lrLJx-0000nn-Gt for pgsql-docs@arkaria.postgresql.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:06:09 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lrLJx-0000nf-Au for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:06:09 +0000 Received: from mail-io1-xd2d.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::d2d]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1lrLJs-00072b-Hq for pgsql-docs@lists.postgresql.org; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:06:08 +0000 Received: by mail-io1-xd2d.google.com with SMTP id a6so27166657ioe.0 for ; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:06:03 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mokadb-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=JQRCWqWmHypJeEYcELa3jZCkG7UzCqWRTmWg8HYcJYc=; b=og3FRvtJybtY0eF1MQymjvFb5Gmmq4h5ZEL6sufrZnHyQFzeCPzkNRZStdkyrxngdo 3+6s82ZM1r524NLPrQz1myRviW9THEXJTUF5pxvZ+vA3SsIb70MIm8iHYrk+PogCX/7h tvkkYfpohigNq7socZC2mVEYTS/+TuuJ4jJXU7EKI99VJP6zX5NzGWG1FlmWlYRFbVOf ByVqGSwLlmuZXmP64DOHgyqS/uUjWkCXUQd1PVIkrWHQQFpzRpktSwZAjBmatp7IZgjZ DcjlQp5pSBYOZPy7GbfKtM8wL3PWg/cr8OHpSiQjnx7LWymRWtGEuY67VQSufD+Tqnwf I7rg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=JQRCWqWmHypJeEYcELa3jZCkG7UzCqWRTmWg8HYcJYc=; b=tdY15jKrTizwmmjLMRTN0OMms/fCCmzjM3hDBxKzeVjs7BE8o0IakNaSI79Nx2xr0O KIQN5lpBNvvISjY7+IAHQSJpettWLLpSQAlkGNKEf2S1mumghocR7bx17DWuvsjN4Zvu ui5s7cmOAzm7fL9MruIhHadXPZal2XxujIE/gR9b9YkHj/+V902BoVLdW5ZLKhLhl91v vKdkwpH7YRD1rP1SnetYdZTYZNDFQCuBBcPL2Nmx//HyHYdCRNFEJf8MiVZ1Eft2WViz QGvjrFlybOCkO9G9uKW+JcGv4tNx2iSyCiEFskJYhJDQGH5822xLumVS9plr9KqaGl7y LUyg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533S8nE7IH0Kkz3rNYkTBbj4C1ORfQ2fpEuUXPQg+4dCHz3B2sFP o7JdHVxQQLIpg2GaeCGAMzINoEE4ZRd0H2LJiFf/dLwXx4c= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJzhhE6+0+fs5DBh3CsreRJhQiMnd8nsi8ERQ9xSXzO0XNbU4gpyVzZ4CE28M4cxvUPSXgrPijfQC/kizaDlpM8= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:8242:: with SMTP id n2mr4031711ioo.198.1623333962756; Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:06:02 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <8241CED6-F408-4660-A1AA-F3393AA26219@yesql.se> <62025895-edfe-c5ef-2e77-602818e13d08@postgresql.org> In-Reply-To: From: Marc Millas Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:05:54 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Git is not an acronym To: daniel@yesql.se Cc: "Jonathan S. Katz" , Pg Docs Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000033c41305c469e432" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --00000000000033c41305c469e432 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" you mean something like Gnu s Not Unix ? Marc MILLAS Senior Architect +33607850334 www.mokadb.com On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:34 PM Daniel Gustafsson wrote: > > On 10 Jun 2021, at 15:03, Jonathan S. Katz wrote: > > > > On 6/10/21 7:40 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote: > >> Commit 651377933e031 cleaned up references to CVS replacing them with > Git. > >> Replacing CVS with Git in acronyms.sgml seems a bit incorrect though as > Git > >> isn't an acronym (but CVS is, hence the original item replaced). We > also never > >> refer to Git with tags. The attached removes Git from the > acronyms > >> page. > > > > According to the README[1] and reference in the Wikipedia page that our > > docs point too, "git" can be an acronym based on context. I don't think > > it's harmful to leave it in. > > Not harmful, but an acronym which we explain with the acronym itself > doesn't > seem like helpful use of page real-estate. > > -- > Daniel Gustafsson https://vmware.com/ > > > > --00000000000033c41305c469e432 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
you mean something like Gnu s Not Unix ?

Marc MILLAS
Senior = Architect
+33607850334



On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:34 PM Daniel Gustafsson &= lt;daniel@yesql.se> wrote:
> On 10 Jun 2021, a= t 15:03, Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz@postgresql.org> wrote:
>
> On 6/10/21 7:40 AM, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> Commit 651377933e031 cleaned up references to CVS replacing them w= ith Git.
>> Replacing CVS with Git in acronyms.sgml seems a bit incorrect thou= gh as Git
>> isn't an acronym (but CVS is, hence the original item replaced= ).=C2=A0 We also never
>> refer to Git with <acronym /> tags.=C2=A0 The attached remov= es Git from the acronyms
>> page.
>
> According to the README[1] and reference in the Wikipedia page that ou= r
> docs point too, "git" can be an acronym based on context. I = don't think
> it's harmful to leave it in.

Not harmful, but an acronym which we explain with the acronym itself doesn&= #39;t
seem like helpful use of page real-estate.

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Daniel Gustafsson=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0https://v= mware.com/



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