Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 11:18:33PM +0500, Andrey Borodin wrote:
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> > On 4 Apr 2026, at 19:50, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
> >
> > In the PG 19 commits, I am seeing several commits with Author and
> > Co-authored-by tags. FYI, I think we agreed that only the Author names
> > are mentioned as the authors in the release notes.
>
> Speaking of co-authors - I think they absolutely should be included in the
> release notes credits.
>
> The more recognition we give contributors, the more motivation newcomers
> have to join the development community. There are edge cases where a feature
> gets reverted in a later minor release, but those are rare. What matters
> is that we need a steady stream of new contributors, and crediting everyone's
> work - including co-authors - is one of the most effective ways to
> encourage that.

This is the same argument we have had for ages, accuracy vs
encouragement.

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