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From: Robert Treat <rob@xzilla.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:23:27 -0400
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Subject: Re: <productname> on SGML files is used for what ?
To: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>,
	PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>,
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 2:12=E2=80=AFPM Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br>=
 wrote:
>
> Em qua., 11 de mar. de 2026 =C3=A0s 14:25, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.u=
s> 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
>> <literal> if you are unclear.
>
>
> So, wouldn't it be better to have more labels ? like ...
> gzip, zlib, gzip, LZ4 ... <compressionname>
> Oracle, MySQL, Ingres, Informix, IBM DB2 ... <databasename>
> OpenBSD, AIX, FreeBSD, Windows, ... <osname>
>
> 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 represent=
s.
> If someone ever wants to have a different style for one of them, it will =
be easy to change, right ?
>

Aside from theoretical correctness, what user problem does this solve?

Robert Treat
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