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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]>
Cc: Roberto Mello <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Documentation in book length
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 2003 11:05:06 -0500
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In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>
References: <[email protected]>

Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> writes:
> It's not particularly fair, but we should discuss it.  Either we
> consistently attribute every section or chapter, or we don't do it.

My inclination would be not to do it.  There are very few sections
(if any at all) that are truly the work of just one person anymore,
even if the original text was all by one hand.

> Maybe it would be a good compromise to record significant
> documentation work in the release notes with the usual attribution?

Sure, the same way we credit significant code contributions.

			regards, tom lane

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