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Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:11:44 +0200
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Subject: Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels
To: Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 1:36=E2=80=AFAM Corey Huinker <corey.huinker@gmail.=
com> wrote:

> I recall a few years ago there was a debate about one contributor being m=
oved from Major Contributor to regular Contributor. Adding new levels will =
ultimately create more such debates, and we will need to be ready for that.

And I guess in some cases such contributors would rather be known as
"Former Major Contributor" :)

And let's also remind ourselves of the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law - "When a measure
becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".