On 2019-Aug-01, Tom Lane wrote: > It's British vs. American spelling. For the most part, Postgres > follows American spelling, but there's the odd Briticism here and > there. I'm not sure whether it's worth trying to standardize. > I think the most recent opinion on this was Munro's: > > https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/ca+hukgjz-pdmgwxroiwvn-aeg4-ajdwj3gwdqkosa8g65sp...@mail.gmail.com
I think slight variations don't really detract from the value of the product, and consider the odd variation a reminder of the diversity of the project. I don't suggest that we purposefully introduce spelling variations, or that we refrain from fixing ones that appear in code we're changing, but I don't see the point in changing a line for the sole reason of standardising the spelling of a word. That said, I'm not a native English speaker. -- Álvaro Herrera https://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
