Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 11:03:57 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>,
	=?utf-8?Q?=C3=81lvaro?= Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>,
	Peter Geoghegan <pg@bowt.ie>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm@yandex-team.ru>,
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Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
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On Mon, Apr  6, 2026 at 10:56:49AM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> On 2026-04-06 Mo 10:29 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
>     I think having "Co-authored-by:" mean one thing when "Author" appears
>     and a different thing when "Author" is missing is too confusing.
> 
> 
> 
> Possibly. I think we're tying ourselves up in knots needlessly here, though. To
> me, without having to interpret the exact meaning by consulting a wiki,
> Co-authored-by signifies that the person made a significant contribution, but
> not as much as the Author(s). These things shouldn't be technical terms of art.
> 
> Personally, I'm in favor of being fairly liberal about giving release note
> credits.

So "Co-authored-by:" shows a level of involvement, but doesn't have any
effect on the major release notes.  That works too.

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