Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel(at)yesql(dot)se>
To: Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PG 19 release notes and authors
Date: 2026-04-04 15:49:27
Message-ID: BAD03D75-FB59-404A-A1E0-1859345659CC@yesql.se
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> On 4 Apr 2026, at 17:06, Matthias van de Meent <boekewurm+postgres(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Publicly, the guidance for commit tag usage seems to be [0]
>> "Co-authored-by:" is used by committers when they want to give
>> full credit to the named individuals, but also indicate that they
>> made significant changes.
>
> Removing that committer's "full credit to the named individuals" seems
> out of place to me.

Agreed, as a committer I want the persons listed as co-author in the git log to
be credited in the release notes.

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Daniel Gustafsson

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