Re: PG 19 release notes and authors

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres(at)jeltef(dot)nl>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, 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 16:42:04
Message-ID: adPiXA4Owjmp_8xO@momjian.us
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On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 12:39:05PM -0400, Andres Freund wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 2026-04-06 12:27:52 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 05:46:55PM +0200, Jelte Fennema-Nio wrote:
> > > Using Author in the header instead of the footer has the benefit of
> > > actually being recognized by other tools like GitHub, just like
> > > Co-authored-by is recognized in the footer. Right now, on GitHub a
> > > non-committer author only shows up if they are listed as Co-authored-by,
> >
> > Yes, I remember that benefit of Co-authored-by.
>
> That fundamentally conflicts with your re-interpretation of it, doesn't it? It
> being recognized by github is an argument for using it as the primary tool of
> non-committer attribution, whereas you want to use it to list people that
> should not be credited with the change.

Yes, it does conflict. I was just saying I remember it was part of the
2024 discussion.

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