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To: Bruce Momjian Cc: Daniel Gustafsson , PostgreSQL Hackers , Peter Eisentraut Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="0000000000002c5a3d064cd7b1c5" List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk --0000000000002c5a3d064cd7b1c5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Em qua., 11 de mar. de 2026 =C3=A0s 14:25, Bruce Momjian escreveu: > When to use which tag isn't always clear. When Peter Eisentraut > initially did the work, he said just pick the best one, and use > if you are unclear. > So, wouldn't it be better to have more labels ? like ... gzip, zlib, gzip, LZ4 ... Oracle, MySQL, Ingres, Informix, IBM DB2 ... OpenBSD, AIX, FreeBSD, Windows, ... Not a dozen different labels, as it would be difficult to remember which ones are available, but perhaps 3 or 4 would better detail what each of these items represents. If someone ever wants to have a different style for one of them, it will be easy to change, right ? regards Marcos --0000000000002c5a3d064cd7b1c5 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Em qua., 11 de mar. de 2026 =C3=A0s = 14:25, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.= us> escreveu:
When to use which t= ag isn't always clear.=C2=A0 When Peter Eisentraut
initially did the work, he said just pick the best one, and use
<literal> if you are unclear.

So, wouldn't it be better to have more labels ? like ...
gzip, zlib, gzip, LZ4 ... <compressionname>
<= div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:r= gb(102,102,102)">Oracle, MySQL, Ingres, Informix, IBM DB2 ... <databasen= ame>
OpenBSD, AIX, FreeBSD, Windows, ... <osna= me>

Not a dozen diff= erent labels, as it would be difficult to remember which ones are available= ,=C2=A0
but perhaps 3 or 4 would better detail what = each of these items represents.
If someone ever want= s to have a different style for one of them, it will be easy to change, rig= ht ?

regards
Marcos
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