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From: Robert Treat <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
Cc: Joshua D. Drake <[email protected]>
Cc: Josh Berkus <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Contributor listing policy
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:56:39 -0400
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On Sunday 09 March 2008 20:59, Tom Lane wrote:
> "Joshua D. Drake" <[email protected]> writes:
> > Josh Berkus <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Actually, looking at the archives, there wasn't much discussion when
> >> you submitted the patch; I doubt that most people realized the
> >> changes it made. I know that I wasn't clear on it, noticing only the
> >> change in sort order, and certainly the rest of the core team (or
> >> hackers) didn't discuss it.
> >
> > Perhaps you should read again there are actually two threads and there
> > was a very long discussion. That every single core member spoke up at
> > least once except for Jan. The following is the thread on my patch
> > which changed the wording from Developers to Contributors and moved its
> > home under /community/.
> >
> > http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-www/2007-12/msg00022.php
>
> Why is any of this discussion happening on pgsql-www?  Surely it is not
> the webteam's charter to determine who is or is not a contributor.
>
> If, as is evidently the case, you are unwilling to defer to core's
> opinions on the matter, you need to muster support for your position
> on some more widely-read mailing list.
>
> >> In fact, traditionally, contents of the developer
> >> listings have been determined by the core team;
> >
> > As I understand it, traditionally Robert handled that with Core
> > oversight.
>
> I don't particularly know who made the webpage edits, but it's always
> been core's determination who is or is not listed.
>
> > The reason non code contributors aren't listed is the list has been
> > basically unmaintained for over a year.
>
> Traditionally core has reconsidered the list shortly after each major
> release.  We were in fact in process of doing that now.  The long delay
> since the last changes is a direct result of the slipped 8.3 schedule.
>

This seems to discount my efforts in the whole process. My theory was if I 
ever left it up to core, it would never get updated. Never is a long time, so 
I suspect I'll be proven wrong in the long run, but so far I am correct. 

-- 
Robert Treat
Build A Brighter LAMP :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL

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