Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-12-08 at 10:13 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > If I had had no credit, I wouldn't have a job.
>
> Agree with this 100%
>
>
>
> I don't have a problem with mentioning sponsoring companies on the
> bottom of the release notes. I think it will encourage wider sponsorship
> if people do that. Probably should be optional though, allowing sponsors
> that want to remain anonymous to do so.
>
> "Simon Riggs was primarily sponsored by EnterpriseDB, with additional
> sponsorship from 2ndQuadrant during the 8.3 release cycle." or something
> similar. I'm very thankful to Denis Lussier in particular for allowing
> me a clear schedule right up to the 8.3 feature freeze, without which
> many items would not have been completed. (I'd also like to thank
> Greenplum for their partial sponsorship of my work for the 8.1 and 8.2
> releases).
>
> Encouraging sponsorship is good; nobody loses from it, since everybody
> gains from the software that gets written.
The release notes are not the place for sponsor advertizement. And
removing the names was so we could be fair and mention on one, not to
allow additional items to be added to the list.
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