> On Sat, Jun 13, 2015 at 08:18:26PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > 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. > > Yes, I have Western-ordered all of them as best I could. > > > 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 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 > > Yes, it would be good to know this. The only problem is that I would > have to _guess_ who is Japanese to do this consistently as the supplied > names have varied orderings. Do we really want to go there? Are there > other countries where this would be appropriate? > > > 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). > > Yes, it would be cool to have the non-Latin name lettering for all > submitters, then a Latin-ized version. (I guess having my name in > Armenian letters would be overkill ... hmmm.) Anyway, Alvaro is right > that our tooling doesn't have the capabilities to do this. We could > link to a webpage that did list all contributors with their native > character-set names though. > I usually use the Eastern-style. KaiGai Kohei = <family name> <given name>. However, other people use their own manner. Probably, it is not obvious for foreign people, and me also. So, I don't think community need to take care. How about a simply policy to show the name when contributors submitted and discussed? If people prefer the Latin-style, they put their first name first. Elsewhere, they put their family name first.
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