Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 16:31:09 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
	Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>,
	Alexander Law <exclusion@gmail.com>,
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Subject: Re: Fix contributor name-related inconsistencies in release-12.sgml
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2019 at 08:13:16AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> I would say use the one in the signature in those cases. My guess would be that
> that part is under control of the individual, but the from field is in control
> of the HR department or whomever controls the name order in the catalogs of
> their big company.
> 
> It's fairly common here, for example, to have "lastname, first" in the from,
> but nobody would use that in a scenario like this. The reason typically being
> wanting "phone book sorting" in the company wide address book, which does sort
> on lastname. As an employee people can typically control the name order in
> their signature, but not the address book. 
> 
> The situation in Asia may of course be very different, as it often is, but I
> think the general rule of who controls the order where still applies. 

Uh, we are going to need for committers to handle this issue since it is
unlikely we can research email signatures when writing the release
notes.

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