Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>

From: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
To: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Cc: Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2026-04-05T14:47:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On 4/5/26 10:39, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 5 Apr 2026, at 15:47, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> 
>> A larger issue is that since we now have links to the commits in the
>> release notes, there might no longer be a need to list _any_ names next
>> to the release note items.
> 
> If we have to discuss on this list abut whom should be credited and who
> shouldn't, then it seems a tall order to expect the average reader to have it
> figured out.
> 
> I think we should continue with the tradition of listing authors.

+1

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Joe Conway
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  1. Add tests for lock statistics, take two

  2. Introduce a new mechanism for registering shared memory areas