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Bruce wrote: > In summary, names on release note items potentially have the > following beneficial effects: > > * Encouraging new developers/reviewers > * Encouraging long-established developers > * Showing appreciation to developers > * Assisting future employment for developers > * Helping developers get future funding > * Assigning responsibility for features > * Showing Postgres's increased developer base The only important ones are: > * Assisting future employment for developers > * Helping developers get future funding > * Assigning responsibility for features > * Assigning blame for feature problems That last one is not very important either. If there is a bug, you report it. The original author may or may not handle it. A better way to state some of the above is: * Quick cross-reference of a person to a feature. If I claim to have written ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK, nobody should have to scroll back through git logs to confirm or deny. (For that matter, we should do everything possible to prevent anyone from using git log, especially non-developers, for any meta-information.) +1 to keep things they way they are. If you were significantly invested in [re]writing the patch, you get a name. Reviewers, I love you dearly, but you don't belong next to the patch. Group them all at the bottom if we must have them there. - -- Greg Sabino Mullane g...@turnstep.com End Point Corporation http://www.endpoint.com/ PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 201205151259 http://biglumber.com/x/web?pk=2529DF6AB8F79407E94445B4BC9B906714964AC8 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEAREDAAYFAk+yi3cACgkQvJuQZxSWSsiAcACfYC1HCxbMor/c0EJF6kn+XKc9 kOcAoMn0vnOJLa8+HVz5oWKAZxjkOtQi =eiUT -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers