Received: from malur.postgresql.org ([217.196.149.56]) by arkaria.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w9OdU-001Ow6-1c for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:39:36 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=malur.postgresql.org) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtp (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w9OdS-003GIZ-00 for pgsql-hackers@arkaria.postgresql.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:39:34 +0000 Received: from makus.postgresql.org ([2001:4800:3e1:1::229]) by malur.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1w9OdR-003GIQ-2I for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:39:34 +0000 Received: from smtp.outgoing.loopia.se ([93.188.3.37]) by makus.postgresql.org with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.98.2) (envelope-from ) id 1w9OdP-00000000gyl-2Hsp for pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:39:33 +0000 Received: from s807.loopia.se (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96F155737C2 for ; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:39:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from s980.loopia.se (unknown [172.22.191.5]) by s807.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8871457277B; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:39:29 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (unknown [172.22.191.6]) by s980.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8492B22016C4; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:39:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at amavis.loopia.se X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: -1.2 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.2 tagged_above=-999 required=6.2 tests=[ALL_TRUSTED=-1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: s473.loopia.se (amavis); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=yesql.se Received: from s899.loopia.se ([172.22.191.5]) by localhost (s473.loopia.se [172.22.190.13]) (amavis, port 10024) with LMTP id 2QJ07QgcWJS0; Sun, 5 Apr 2026 16:39:29 +0200 (CEST) X-Loopia-Auth: user X-Loopia-User: daniel@yesql.se X-Loopia-Originating-IP: 89.255.232.236 Received: from smtpclient.apple (customer-89-255-232-236.stosn.net [89.255.232.236]) (Authenticated sender: daniel@yesql.se) by s899.loopia.se (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E281C2C8BA9D; Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:39:28 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yesql.se; s=loopiadkim1707475645; t=1775399969; bh=gLG5sed74ReOh7keXI/WJinYVTsVP3NZE8DNEUPH4Zs=; h=Subject:From:In-Reply-To:Date:Cc:References:To; b=rH03DVXm2HtEXqu9Uq1WxsXZSqhO+VCu+5CqvSAUBYUbWyP6T2zRG0a1NhhJGMUNS a6/hxEyevVdfuaHM9liOUg1ObbwmfcWmyWmKZmtXMmesU97wmhF4Bp0agVoqE4KDqf qQK39itEpckc4447mHxgo4GERFIqin1eSdP7MBx+WoVyGBkCa7NN5rtRi5e+NF35lg 3lcRNOL+o9spKiAEXFwKINUjHMN1w9zSLbI00OO8Ons+joHG9psC57+WEvu21I19HJ fiB7uYAHS6IwjB7pysMzTML1raOyxR5pyZG+bghgF233ir/DetevmpbUO5e+16h6f8 gCDj6tAQ8rkgQ== Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 16.0 \(3776.700.51.11.2\)) Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors From: Daniel Gustafsson In-Reply-To: Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2026 16:39:18 +0200 Cc: Peter Geoghegan , Andrey Borodin , PostgreSQL-development Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: To: Bruce Momjian X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3776.700.51.11.2) List-Id: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Owner: List-Archive: Archived-At: Precedence: bulk > On 5 Apr 2026, at 15:47, Bruce Momjian wrote: > A larger issue is that since we now have links to the commits in the > release notes, there might no longer be a need to list _any_ names next > to the release note items. If we have to discuss on this list abut whom should be credited and who shouldn't, then it seems a tall order to expect the average reader to have it figured out. I think we should continue with the tradition of listing authors. -- Daniel Gustafsson