> On Mar 5, 2026, at 07:23, Michael Paquier <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar 04, 2026 at 09:16:12AM +0800, Chao Li wrote:
>> In your recent batch commit
>> 462fe0ff6215ae222fc866af621e4b86462289b1, I noticed that nobody was
>> credited.
>
> Please note that I have discussed this question with others offline,
> hence the delay in my reply.
>
>> Does this mean that people who report typo-like problems
>> will no longer be credited?
>
> Yes, that was on purpose. We have seen a large increase of these
> trivial patches to pgsql-hackers lately for some reason. Maybe it is
> LLMs or scanners or just a lot of new people with fresh eyes looking
> at the code. It started to get tedious to process them one by one,
> and we discussed among committers if we could have a more lightweight
> process for them. As an experiment, I started to collect all such
> changes into these larger batches. Not crediting the reporters is
> part of the experiment; tracking credit for trivial typo fixes is
> hardly worth the effort, skipping that makes the process less
> time-consuming.
> --
> Michael
Thanks for the detailed explanation. I asked because I will have a 25-min talk
in the coming PGConf.dev about the hacker experience, so I wanted to confirm
this change and mention that in my talk.
Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/
