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From: SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 12:56:00 -0700
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Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
To: Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>,
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On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:19=E2=80=AFAM Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.r=
u> wrote:

>
>
> > On 4 Apr 2026, at 19:50, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> >
> > In the PG 19 commits, I am seeing several commits with Author and
> > Co-authored-by tags.  FYI, I think we agreed that only the Author names
> > are mentioned as the authors in the release notes.
>
> Speaking of co-authors - I think they absolutely should be included in th=
e
> release notes credits.
>
> The more recognition we give contributors, the more motivation newcomers
> have to join the development community. There are edge cases where a
> feature
> gets reverted in a later minor release, but those are rare. What matters
> is that we need a steady stream of new contributors, and crediting
> everyone's
> work - including co-authors - is one of the most effective ways to
> encourage that.


+1, and additionally encourages collaboration among contributors.

Thanks,
Satya

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<div><br></div><div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:19=E2=80=AFAM=
 Andrey Borodin &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:x4mmm@yandex-team.ru">x4mmm@yandex-te=
am.ru</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:=
1ex" dir=3D"auto"><br>
<br>
&gt; On 4 Apr 2026, at 19:50, Bruce Momjian &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:bruce@mom=
jian.us" target=3D"_blank">bruce@momjian.us</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; In the PG 19 commits, I am seeing several commits with Author and<br>
&gt; Co-authored-by tags.=C2=A0 FYI, I think we agreed that only the Author=
 names<br>
&gt; are mentioned as the authors in the release notes.<br>
<br>
Speaking of co-authors - I think they absolutely should be included in the<=
br>
release notes credits.<br>
<br>
The more recognition we give contributors, the more motivation newcomers<br=
>
have to join the development community. There are edge cases where a featur=
e<br>
gets reverted in a later minor release, but those are rare. What matters<br=
>
is that we need a steady stream of new contributors, and crediting everyone=
&#39;s<br>
work - including co-authors - is one of the most effective ways to<br>
encourage that.</blockquote><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">+=
1, and additionally encourages collaboration among contributors.</div><div =
dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Thanks,</div><div dir=3D"auto">Sat=
ya=C2=A0</div></div></div>

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