From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Fix contributor name-related inconsistencies in release-12.sgml
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 14:10:51 +0900
Message-ID: <20190925051051.GI1815@paquier.xyz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8984.1569365538@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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On Tue, Sep 24, 2019 at 06:52:18PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I have no strong feelings either way, so feel free to undo whatever
> you think should be undone.
>
> I have noted that many of our Japanese contributors show a different name
> order in their From: line than in their signature/footer, so it's not
> entirely clear which preference they're expressing.
The formal and official way is to have the family name first, and then
the first name, but I agree with the approach we have to not be too
formal and just list individuals based on how they present themselves
in their emails.
Note: there is no actual concept of middle name in Japan, which brings
its own set of annoying explanations when it comes to do any kind of
applications...
--
Michael
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