Re: Clearly link Contributors pages

On Fri, Aug 9, 2024 at 10:08 PM Jonathan S. Katz <jkatz(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
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> Generally LGTM, just a few minor nits to match pgweb styling:
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> + <a href="about/governance/contributors/">Contributors Committee</a> at
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> should be
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> + <a href="/about/governance/contributors/">Contributors Committee</a> at
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> (and the forward slashes in the other hrefs)

Fixed in attached v2.

On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 8:14 AM Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
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> > On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 3:22 AM Erik Rijkers <er(at)xs4all(dot)nl> wrote:
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> > Wouldn't it make sense to also link this list:
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> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-16.html#RELEASE-16-ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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> I am not sure the fact that his/her name mentioned only once in the
> release notes qualifies the contributor definition.
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> https://www.postgresql.org/about/policies/contributors/
> > Major Contributors individuals that have provided a sustained stream
> > of contributions, having substantial positive impact on the
> > development of the PostgreSQL Community, over many years.
> >
> > Contributors individuals that have provided a sustained stream of
> > notable contributions in recent years.
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> I think these suggest that contributions need to be continued for
> multiple years, not single year. I maybe wrong but that's my
> impression.

In attached v2, I tried adding a sentence to the Contributors policy
page on Recognized Contributors explaining that while one-time code
contributions are not sufficient alone for inclusion on the Recognized
Contributors list, you can find the list of contributors to a
particular release in the Release Notes (with a link to release
notes). What do you think?

- Melanie