Re: 9.5 release notes

> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I have committed the first draft of the 9.5 release notes.  You can view
>> the output here:
>>
>>     http://momjian.us/pgsql_docs/release-9-5.html
>
> I noticed something while reading this and would like the input of our
> Japanese contributors.
>
> Normally, western names are written using the given name first, then the
> surname ("last name").  I am not well-versed on Japanese culture but my
> understanding is that they use their family name first, then their given
> name -- for instance, in "Yamada Tarō", Yamada is the family name and
> Tarō is the given name.
>
> Apparently, when interacting with Western people, some Japanese seem to
> invert this and put the given name first.  Also, some write the family
> name in all caps -- I guess this is done so that it is clear which part
> is which.
>
> Now, I think we should consider using a single style for all the
> Japanese names used in the release notes.  Can we have our Japanese
> contributors all agree on which style to use, and then let us know
> what's their name in that style?

The real question here is, if contributors are required to show their
"official" names (along with their alias or nickname if any).  If yes,
it is apparent that all contributor names should be shown in a unified
formal style.

If not, we could leave as it is.

BTW, for Japanese almost 99% of Japanese names are obvious in that
which is the first name and which is the last name. So we don't need
to ask each contributor.

> The names we currently have in the 9.5 release notes are:
>
> Fujii Masao
> Kyotaro Horiguchi
> Sawada Masahiko
> KaiGai Kohei
> Shigeru Hanada
> Etsuro Fujita
> Furuya Osamu
> MauMau
> Mitsumasa Kondo

F.Y.I. here is a list rewritten in first-name/last-name style:

Masao Fujii
Kyotaro Horiguchi
Masahiko Sawada
Kohei KaiGai
Shigeru Hanada
Etsuro Fujita
Osamu Furuya
Mitsumasa Kondo
MauMau

Note that I guess "MauMau" is a nickname.

> BTW, it is pretty cool to have contributor names that are natively in
> scripts other than latin.  It is a pity that because of toolchain
> limitations we cannot display names in kanji, cyrillic or other
> character sets (in addition to their transliteration to latin script).

Japan User's Group (JPUG) recently starts to translate PostgreSQL doc
using UTF-8 encoding. So technically this is possible. I'm not sure if
developers want to have official document in other than ASCII though.

Best regards,
--
Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
English: http://www.sraoss.co.jp/index_en.php
Japanese:http://www.sraoss.co.jp