Re: Change the name

On Friday 14 September 2007 11:49, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Robert Treat wrote:
> > > > In other words, before we take a vote on whether the bike shed should
> > > > be red, we should first check to see if we can afford red paint.
> > > >
> > > > Such a proposal should also include other options like Ron Mayer's
> > > > very sensible 20-minute solution (e.g. "Postgres and Postgre are
> > > > acceptable alternate names").
> > >
> > > OK, looks like we now have a list of items to address _if_ we change
> > > the name:
> > >
> > >     http://developer.postgresql.org/index.php/Postgres
> > >
> > > I believe the next step we discussed was to get feedback from the
> > > 'general' email list.  Correct?
> >
> > I'd say no. Someone should talk to the packagers to asses viability, and
> > someone should review domain names, to asses viability. If those seem
> > viable, then open it up. If not, people need to know before they decide.
>
> Are you saying we should ask the packagers email list?  I don't see any
> other way to ask them.
>

That would be one way that would give apretty good sampling.

> I heard we were OK with domain names.

Hmm, I'm not so sure,  I believe a number of our international communities
might have issues.

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Robert Treat
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