Re: Crediting reviewers & bug-reporters in the release notes

Joshua Berkus wrote:
> 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.

Agreed.

> 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.

Yep.

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