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To: Andrey Borodin <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 19:27:34 -0400
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On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:18:33PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
>
>
> > On 4 Apr 2026, at 19:50, Bruce Momjian <[email protected]> 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 the
> 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.
This is the same argument we have had for ages, accuracy vs
encouragement.
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