| From: | Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | "Jonathan S(dot) Katz" <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Cc: | Jimmy Angelakos <vyruss(at)hellug(dot)gr>, pgsql-www(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org, PostgreSQL Contributors <contributors(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels |
| Date: | 2025-10-10 14:54:33 |
| Message-ID: | aOkeKbTAYhd8k6DT@msg.df7cb.de |
| Views: | Whole Thread | Raw Message | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-www |
Re: Jonathan S. Katz
> From what I've observed, many organizations have adopted "Distinguished" as
> the next tier (e.g. "Distinguished Engineer"), and that may help with
> understanding the progression from "Contributor" => "Major Contributor" =>
> "Distinguished Contributor" as people would associate that "Distinguished"
> sounds like someone has had a sustained level of significant contributions
> for a long time.
I think this would make sense if we were starting from scratch, but
now the community has had two (or more?) decades to remember that
"major" means a lot. If we now "promoted" all existing contributors to
"major" that would be very confusing.
Christoph
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | Jonathan S. Katz | 2025-10-10 17:42:11 | Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels |
| Previous Message | Jonathan S. Katz | 2025-10-10 14:29:26 | Re: PostgreSQL Contributor levels |