Re: Draft release notes complete

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PeterEisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Draft release notes complete
Date: 2012-05-11 13:51:49
Message-ID: 4FAD1975.7050606@dunslane.net
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On 05/11/2012 08:56 AM, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 08:46:56PM -0700, Robert Haas wrote:
>> On May 10, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Andrew Dunstan<andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> wrote:
>>> On 05/10/2012 06:15 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>>>> How about a hybrid: we continue to identify patch authors as now, that is with names attached to the feature/bugfix descriptions, and then have a separate section "Other Contributors" to recognize patch reviewers and other helpers?
>>> works for me.
>> Me, too.
> That does not work for me. There is no practical reason for a list of
> names to appear in the release notes. I suggest if we want to do that
> that we remove all names from the release notes (as Tom suggested), and
> create a wiki for credit, and link to that from the release
> announcement. That would allow us to put company names in there too.
>

I gave you a reason. You might not agree with it but saying that it's no
reason doesn't make it so. A wiki page will just be duplication, IMNSHO.

cheers

andrew

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