| From: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)kurilemu(dot)de>, 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: | 2026-04-06 14:42:52 |
| Message-ID: | CAKFQuwak+Q7s2Viw7wi=sp=p_OarRmvqCz7D19wSdrWDz4pODw@mail.gmail.com |
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On Monday, April 6, 2026, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> I think having "Co-authored-by:" mean one thing when "Author" appears
> and a different thing when "Author" is missing is too confusing.
>
The community hasn’t recognized intermediate contributions between
authorship and reviewer. Co-Author has always been available for technical
reasons but doesn’t actually convey less status than Author even if some
people intended it to be used that way. I don’t think we should change
that. Stating it more clearly seems warranted.
Co-authored never means any thing different than “one of the authors”.
It’s committed-by whose meaning changes in the presence/absence of author.
I likewise don’t see changing that. For future users of this information,
having a silent boundary at which the meaning/usage of labels changes is
very annoying.
David J.
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