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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Marcos Pegoraro <marcos@f10.com.br>
Cc: jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Detailed release notes
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2024 09:44:14 -0400
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On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 05:54:31PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2024 at 06:41:30PM -0300, Marcos Pegoraro wrote:
> > Em sex., 13 de set. de 2024 às 13:39, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
> > escreveu:
> > 
> >     I changed the patch to use the section symbol "§" instead of showing
> >     the hashes.  The hashes seemed too detailed.  Does anyone see a better
> >     symbol to use from here?
> > 
> > 
> > Robert and others liked commit hashes because you can do "git show $COMMITID"
> 
> We have to consider the small percentage of people who will want to do
> that vs the number of people reading the release notes.  I think it is
> reasonable to require someone to click on the link to see the hash.

Thinking some more, I think that displaying the hashes would give the
average reader the impression that the release notes are too complex for
them to understand.

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  Bruce Momjian  <bruce@momjian.us>        https://momjian.us
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  When a patient asks the doctor, "Am I going to die?", he means 
  "Am I going to die soon?"





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