Re: [HACKERS] Time to update list of contributors

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On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:53:43 +0000
Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:

> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:27:42 +0000
> > Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
> >
> >> Why not Hackers? Noone is a 'member' of anything except core or
> >> mayber the web/infrastructure team.
> >
> > Define Hacker. And I could argue that some are members of PGDG.
>
> Says he who only the other day muttered something about how PGDG
> wasn't a defined entity :-)

I believe the term was "legal" entity (If it wasn't that is what I
should of wrote). Which is true. We are however a "community".

>
> > What
> > about those who provide just as much time and energy in advocacy as
> > others do on -heackers? What about people that are working on
> > external projects only such as Slony or PLproxy?
>
> The latter are still hackers using the definition we're likely to
> agree on (ie. not a cracker). Both groups are 'Contributors' though.
> Maybe just use 'Regular contributors' and 'Occasional contributors'.
> Or major and minor. Or something entirely different.
>

Now that seems reasonable.

Core
Regular contributors
Occasional contributors
Past contributors

Core and Regular should be on the same page.
Occasional and Past on another? (At a minimum we can't have Past on
the same page it would get too large).

I don't like major and minor because a one line patch that saves
someone from loosing all there data is a major contribution but we may
never hear from the person again.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake

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