| From: | Hannu Krosing <hannuk(at)google(dot)com> |
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| To: | Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Cornelia Biacsics <cornelia(dot)biacsics(at)cybertec(dot)at>, pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, Jimmy Angelakos <vyruss(at)hellug(dot)gr>, Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>, PostgreSQL Contributors <contributors(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels |
| Date: | 2025-10-18 10:11:44 |
| Message-ID: | CAMT0RQTKadQSnRyiR91-kTfg9A7Y6Vu102XT+5SkChmA2cU0tg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Oct 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM Corey Huinker <corey(dot)huinker(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I recall a few years ago there was a debate about one contributor being moved from Major Contributor to regular Contributor. Adding new levels will ultimately create more such debates, and we will need to be ready for that.
And I guess in some cases such contributors would rather be known as
"Former Major Contributor" :)
And let's also remind ourselves of the
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law - "When a measure
becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".
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