Re: [PATCH] Add ACL (Access Control List) acronym

Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org>

From: "Joel Jacobson" <joel@compiler.org>
To: "David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>
Cc: "Nathan Bossart" <nathandbossart@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-06-24T20:49:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

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On Mon, Jun 24, 2024, at 21:51, David G. Johnston wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM Joel Jacobson <joel@compiler.org> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024, at 18:02, David G. Johnston wrote:
>> 
>> > The page we link to uses "permissions" while we consistently use 
>> > "privileges" to describe the contents of the list.  This seems like an 
>> > obvious synonym, but as the point of these is to formally define 
>> > things, pointing this equivalence is worth considering.
>> 
>> I like this idea. How could this be implemented in the docs? Maybe a <note>...</note> for ACL in acronyms.sgml?
>> 
>
> Add a second <para> under the one holding the link?

How about?

+     <para>
+      The linked page uses "permissions" while we consistently use the synonym
+      "privileges", to describe the contents of the list. For avoidance of
+      doubt and clarity, these two terms are equivalent in the
+      <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> documentation.
+     </para>

/Joel

Commits

  1. doc: Add ACL acronym for "Access Control List"