"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> writes: > On Friday, August 14, 2015, Dickson S. Guedes <lis...@guedesoft.net> wrote: >> The term is used in a school or college to represent a half-year.
> I quite dislike semester because of its connotations in education and the > fact that actual semesters do not align with calendar halves. It's worse than that: some institutions use "semester" for third-of-a-year intervals (also called trimesters). I've also heard of places that use a fairly standard Sept-to-May calendar but call summer classes a third "semester", even though it's shorter than their regular class sessions. I don't think we should accept a patch along this line, because it assigns a very specific meaning to "semester" that does not square all that well with real-world usage. 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