X-Original-To: pgsql-hackers-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.2]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A10BD1BB52 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 23:25:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (neptune.hub.org [200.46.204.2]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 39802-07 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:24:38 -0400 (AST) Received: from trolak.mydnsbox2.com (ns1.mydnsbox2.com [207.44.142.118]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 34C24D1B4F4 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 19:24:35 -0400 (AST) Received: from dunslane.net (cpe-024-211-141-025.nc.rr.com [24.211.141.25]) (authenticated (0 bits)) by trolak.mydnsbox2.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id hA60L6v16369 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 18:21:06 -0600 Message-ID: <3FA986B4.4000808@dunslane.net> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:24:36 -0500 From: Andrew Dunstan User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030508 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: PostgreSQL-development Subject: Re: [pgsql-www] Changes to Contributor List References: <200311052226.hA5MQT022333@candle.pha.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <200311052226.hA5MQT022333@candle.pha.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at postgresql.org X-Archive-Number: 200311/252 X-Sequence-Number: 46541 Bruce Momjian wrote: >Tom Lane wrote: > > >>Josh Berkus writes: >> >> >>>B) What contributors are listed under Major Developers who haven't >>>contributed any code since 7.1.0? >>> >>> >>I think we had agreed that formerly-listed contributors would not be >>deleted, but would be moved to a new section titled "Contributors >>Emeritus" or some such. Please make sure that Tom Lockhart and Vadim >>get listed that way, at least. >> >> > > >I think the "Emeritus" word might be too hard for non-native English >speakers, and even for less educated English speakers. > > Rupert Murdoch once sacked an editor (over the Hitler Diaries forgery fiasco) by giving him the title of "Editor Emeritus". The editor asked what it meant and Murdoch is reported to have replied "It's Latin, Frank. The 'e' means you're out and the 'meritus' means you deserve it." :-) cheers andrew