| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Release Note Changes |
| Date: | 2007-12-10 16:08:20 |
| Message-ID: | 475D6474.8020604@dunslane.net |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
>
>> Dave Page wrote:
>>
>>> That's inaccurate - I've been listed by full name for at least the last 3 or 4 releases. I realise I'm not the biggest contributor to the core code, but 'newer' certainly isn't right.
>>>
>
>
>> Maybe that's because you have such a short name. ;-)
>>
>
> Yeah, laziness on the part of those preparing the release notes is
> certainly a factor ;-).
>
> Anyway, maybe a policy of "drop the last name on second and later
> mentions, unless this might cause confusion" would work.
>
>
>
You've probably written more in this thread than you would have if you'd
used last names everywhere to start with. I suspect that might be the
best policy, and that the laziness is best avoided in this case.
cheers
andrew
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