Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.183]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82BB62E009B for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:52:37 -0400 (AST) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.183]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 41599-05 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:52:34 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D15C62E009E for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:52:33 -0400 (AST) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id lB66pGqG005095; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 01:51:16 -0500 (EST) To: "Joshua D. Drake" cc: Alvaro Herrera , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: release notes.. added stefan In-reply-to: <47579A87.8030903@commandprompt.com> References: <20071205123745.68fa66da@commandprompt.com> <20071205222514.GE10096@alvh.no-ip.org> <4044.1196918902@sss.pgh.pa.us> <47579A87.8030903@commandprompt.com> Comments: In-reply-to "Joshua D. Drake" message dated "Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:45:27 -0800" Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:51:16 -0500 Message-ID: <5094.1196923876@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200712/18 X-Sequence-Number: 4686 "Joshua D. Drake" writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> It might be worth reminding folks that the release notes do not >> exist for the purpose of mentioning contributors. > Then why do we mention them at all in the release notes? You've got the motivation backwards. We mention the responsible (blameworthy?) persons when describing a change that users might find interesting. We don't insert release-note entries that users wouldn't find interesting, just for the purpose of mentioning who did it. Which seemed to me to be mostly the point of your proposed addition. regards, tom lane