On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Susanne Ebrecht <susa...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > Hello, > > during translation the history.sgml - I found the following sentences in > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/history.html > > "The design of the rule system at that time was described in The design of > the POSTGRES rules system. The rationale and architecture of the storage > manager were detailed in The design of the POSTGRES storage system " > > I am not sure if the grammar is correct here. > > My feeling says it should be: > > "is decribed" and "are detailed" instead of "was and were" > > I am pretty sure these books still exist.
It seems fine to me. The tense refers to when it was written, not when the papers were available (or not). -- Dave Page Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com Twitter: @pgsnake EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-docs
