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Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>

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From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>, Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-06T14:56:49Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On 2026-04-06 Mo 10:29 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I think having "Co-authored-by:" mean one thing when "Author" appears
> and a different thing when "Author" is missing is too confusing.
>

Possibly. I think we're tying ourselves up in knots needlessly here, 
though. To me, without having to interpret the exact meaning by 
consulting a wiki, Co-authored-by signifies that the person made a 
significant contribution, but not as much as the Author(s). These things 
shouldn't be technical terms of art.

Personally, I'm in favor of being fairly liberal about giving release 
note credits.


cheers


andrew

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