On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <is...@sraoss.co.jp> wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 2, 2017 at 5:09 PM, Tatsuo Ishii <is...@sraoss.co.jp> wrote: >>> Michael is correct. >>> >>> Sometimes people choose family name first in the emails. However I am >>> sure "Fujii" is the family name and "Masao" is the firstname. >> >> But I don't think that directly answers the question of how he would >> prefer to be credited. > > Of course. It's different story. > >> Since I am American, I prefer to be credited >> using the style "${FIRSTNAME} ${LASTNAME}", but the preferences of >> someone from another country might be the same or different. I don't >> think we should presume that someone prefers something other than the >> style in their email name unless they say so. > > My concern is that the list seems implicitly assumes that each name > appears first name then last name. So people might misunderstand that > "Fujii" is the first name and "Masao" is the last name. I don't how he > actually feels about that, but if I were him, I would feel > uncomfortable. If the list explicitly stats that we do not guarantee > that the order of the last names and the first names are correct, then > that kind of misunderstanding could be avoided.
Yeah, your concern might be right, but I prefer Fujii Masao, i.e., family-name-first style, so I have used that name in my email and past release notes so far. Anyway, thanks for your kind consideration! Regards, -- Fujii Masao -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers