Re: Draft release notes complete

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Bruce wrote:
> In summary, names on release note items potentially have the
> following beneficial effects:
>
> * Encouraging new developers/reviewers
> * Encouraging long-established developers
> * Showing appreciation to developers
> * Assisting future employment for developers
> * Helping developers get future funding
> * Assigning responsibility for features
> * Showing Postgres's increased developer base

The only important ones are:

> * Assisting future employment for developers
> * Helping developers get future funding
> * Assigning responsibility for features
> * Assigning blame for feature problems

That last one is not very important either. If there is a bug,
you report it. The original author may or may not handle it.

A better way to state some of the above is:

* Quick cross-reference of a person to a feature.

If I claim to have written ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK, nobody should have
to scroll back through git logs to confirm or deny. (For that matter,
we should do everything possible to prevent anyone from using
git log, especially non-developers, for any meta-information.)

+1 to keep things they way they are. If you were significantly invested
in [re]writing the patch, you get a name. Reviewers, I love you dearly,
but you don't belong next to the patch. Group them all at the bottom
if we must have them there.

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