Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 10:05:23 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>
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	Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>,
	PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
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On Mon, Apr  6, 2026 at 10:04:30AM -0400, Joe Conway 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.
> > > 
> > > I don't understand your motivation for saying things like these.
> > 
> > Uh, I am asking if something is still useful due to recent changes and
> > can be removed as useless.
> 
> I don't think it is useless and I do think it would be a loss in several
> ways to the community. But I also recognize that it takes a great deal of
> effort to do, so I understand why it is worth asking the question.

I am not worried about the effort, but rather the additional words that
make the release notes longer.

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