| From: | Joshua Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com> |
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| To: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Crediting reviewers & bug-reporters in the release notes |
| Date: | 2011-06-17 01:15:41 |
| Message-ID: | 1927607009.268722.1308273341744.JavaMail.root@mail-1.01.com |
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Bruce,
> I should back up and explain that the reason for having usernames on
> release feature items is not to give credit, but rather to assign
> blame
> later, in case the features cause problems. The submitter becomes the
> default go-to person for problems with that item. Having a list of
> reviewers does not serve that purpose, hence the slippery slope
> comment.
Well, unfortunately, while you and I might understand that, most of our community does not. And to the completely uninitiated, it sure looks like credit.
All of this is becoming less of a problem as we update the contributor list regularly. If I can clean up the sponsors list as well, I think we'll hear less complaints.
--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL Experts Inc.
http://pgexperts.com
San Francisco
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