Bruce Momjian wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 16:21 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > > If people are concerned about the unfairness, and I understand that, > > > > > the > > > > > best solution is not to add more items to the release notes to be more > > > > > fair, but to remove all names from release note items. > > > > > > > > That makes no sense, but it would benefit people that wrote fewer > > > > patches, I guess. > > > > > > Yep, kind of illogical but it is fair. > > > > If we're at the stage of saying logic is irrelevant, then I'll never > > persuade you, probably of anything, ever... > > You said above yourself you didn't want the names removed. Simon's the guy who (rightfully, IMHO) smacked me for forgetting to credit him on a commit message. Credit is important to some people. Let's not get in the business of annoying the people who gives their work for free. For some, credit is the second sole reason for hacking Postgres (first one being because it's fun). If I had had no credit, I wouldn't have a job. If anyone explicitely says that credit is not important to him, feel free to remove his name from the release notes. I doubt you're going to get many takers. I don't think 100% fairness is a goal anyway. Just name the people who did the work and that's enough. That said, maybe we should additionally have a *separate* section in the release notes to name the people who collaborated. Perhaps not just a name list, but also what did they do. -- Alvaro Herrera http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/5ZYLFMCVHXC "Endurecerse, pero jamás perder la ternura" (E. Guevara) ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
