Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

On 4/6/26 09:40, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 5, 2026 at 04:09:57PM +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On 2026-Apr-05, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> > I am not sure PG 19 follows this, but we might want to follow it going
>> > forward.
>>
>> More and more I am getting the feeling that the commit guidance is
>> actually misguided. The document itself is not very good (I mean, why
>> use XML-lookalike to represent a commit message, which is regular
>> English prose??); and I don't feel it represents actual consensus.
>
> I agree I am not a fan of the XML, but Joe Conway introduced it and I
> didn't object.

I am by no means married to it -- feel free to improve it however
everyone prefers.

>> > A larger issue is that since we now have links to the commits in the
>> > release notes, there might no longer be a need to list _any_ names next
>> > to the release note items.
>>
>> I don't understand your motivation for saying things like these.
>
> Uh, I am asking if something is still useful due to recent changes and
> can be removed as useless.

I don't think it is useless and I do think it would be a loss in several
ways to the community. But I also recognize that it takes a great deal
of effort to do, so I understand why it is worth asking the question.

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