Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2026 12:42:04 -0400
From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>,
	"David G. Johnston" <david.g.johnston@gmail.com>,
	Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
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	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 12:39:05PM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2026-04-06 12:27:52 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr  6, 2026 at 05:46:55PM +0200, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> > > Using Author in the header instead of the footer has the benefit of
> > > actually being recognized by other tools like GitHub, just like
> > > Co-authored-by is recognized in the footer. Right now, on GitHub a
> > > non-committer author only shows up if they are listed as Co-authored-by,
> > 
> > Yes, I remember that benefit of Co-authored-by.
> 
> That fundamentally conflicts with your re-interpretation of it, doesn't it? It
> being recognized by github is an argument for using it as the primary tool of
> non-committer attribution, whereas you want to use it to list people that
> should not be credited with the change.

Yes, it does conflict.  I was just saying I remember it was part of the
2024 discussion.

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