[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Momjian) writes: > Remove mention of the Berkeley origins of the alias "Postgres" --- > seems unnecessary to mention in the FAQ, per discussion on IRC.
This doesn't seem like an improvement in the least. It makes it appear that Postgres is just a randomly chosen abbreviation that has no particular historical standing compared to, say, Postgre. The previous text made it perfectly clear *why* that shortening is preferred over others. Why are such politically touchy decisions being taken in an anonymous, unarchived forum like IRC, anyway? Especially when what *was* being publicly discussed was an entirely different change? http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-docs/2008-04/msg00001.php (Not that I like JD's proposed change better, but at least he made it in a reasonably well-read forum.) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
