Re: Using Postgres as an alias
От | Bruce Momjian |
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Тема | Re: Using Postgres as an alias |
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Msg-id | 200709270546.l8R5k8t29684@momjian.us обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | Re: Using Postgres as an alias ("Pavel Stehule" <pavel.stehule@gmail.com>) |
Ответы |
Re: Using Postgres as an alias
(Ron Peterson <ron.peterson@yellowbank.com>)
Re: Using Postgres as an alias ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
Pavel Stehule wrote: > Hello Bruce > > I really unlike this game about change the name. If you get 100% > support then situation is simple, but you hasn't it. I use PostgreSQL, > Postgres and I doesn't any strong benefit with change of name. > Devrim's argument about renaming all packages is really strong for me. > > I agree so official documentation have to use only name PostgreSQL. Is > technical documentation not articles. And again I don't see any > benefit. Currently Postgres is well know synonym for PostgreSQL and > there isn't necessary push it into documentation. Please stop it. We don't require 100% agreement on anything becuase it is hard to get anything done. We are looking for general agreement, and I think we are trying to get there. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Regards > > Pavel Stehule > > 2007/9/26, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>: > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > > >> Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > >>> Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > > >>>> Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > >>>>> But without such changes the alias is only in the FAQ and will not be > > > >>>>> widely used. > > > >>>> I'm not sure if this has been thought through to the end. If we make > > > >>>> the point that PostgreSQL can also be called Postgres, this does not > > > >>>> prevent anyone from calling it Postgre or any other forms that we might > > > >>>> not like. It might in fact make people think that it has various names > > > >>>> and you can call it whatever you want. > > > >>> Well, they are already calling it "Postgre" without our help, so I see > > > >>> us giving them a clear alternative to PostgreSQL as helping avoid > > > >>> "Postgre". > > > >>> > > > >>> But in the end, they can continue calling us whatever they want and we > > > >>> can't stop them. > > > >> Then why are we bothering trying? > > > > > > > > Because though we can't _stop_ them, we can certainly influence them. > > > > Why are you asking such simplistic questions? > > > > > > It seemed odd to me. You said, "we can't stop them". So it seems like an > > > awful lot of wasted effort to try. > > > > Not sure why you see this as fatalist. I can't _make_ many people do > > much, but I can encourage them to do things, as you have seen. That's > > what we are doing here to encourage the use of "Postgres". > > > > -- > > Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us > > EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com > > > > + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > > TIP 9: In versions below 8.0, the planner will ignore your desire to > > choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not > > match > > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq -- Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. +
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