Re: Jargon and acronyms on this mailing list

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org>
Cc: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-02T11:38:06Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
> On 2 Sep 2024, at 13:06, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker <ilmari@ilmari.org> wrote:
> 
> Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> I normally wouldn't mention my blog entries here, but this one was about
>> the hackers mailing list, so wanted to let people know about it in case you
>> don't follow Planet Postgres. I scanned the last year's worth of posts and
>> gathered the most used acronyms and jargon. The most commonly used acronym
>> was IMO (in my opinion), followed by FWIW (for what it's worth), and IIUC
>> (if I understand correctly). The complete list can be found in the post
>> below, I'll refrain from copying everything here.
>> 
>> https://www.crunchydata.com/blog/understanding-the-postgres-hackers-mailing-list
> 
> Nice write-up!

+1

> Might it also be worth linking to the acronyms and
> glossary sections of the docs?

Or maybe on the site under https://www.postgresql.org/list/ in some way?

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Daniel Gustafsson