Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Peter Geoghegan <pg(at)bowt(dot)ie>, Andrey Borodin <x4mmm(at)yandex-team(dot)ru>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
Date: 2026-04-05 15:10:52
Message-ID: 582789.1775401852@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> writes:
> On 2026-04-05 16:09:57 +0200, Álvaro Herrera wrote:
>> On 2026-Apr-05, Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I just updated the wiki to handle this case because obviously
>>> Co-authored-by is listing more than just committers:

> I think that is a completely unwarranted change for which there is zero
> concensus.

Indeed. You exceeded your authority here.

Even if there were consensus about making this change going forward,
the existing commit records were made under a different understanding.
You can't just say you're going to reinterpret them in a way that
excludes giving credit where credit is due.

regards, tom lane

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