[Buildroot] Buildroot manual: author list

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Peter, All,

On 2014-05-27 21:45 +0200, Peter Korsgaard spake thusly:
> >>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr> writes:
>  >> I'm leaning more to a. or b. than to c.
>  >> The advantage of a. over b. is that there is no discussion about whose
>  >> name should be in the list (where to draw the line), while b. has the
>  >> advantage of giving more explicit credit.
> 
>  > As I suggested on IRC: what about a.+c.? Just change the introduction to:
> 
>  >     Buildroot manual by the Buildroot developers, see xref:credits[].
> 
>  > and add the appendix 'credits' at the end of the manual?
> 
> I would also suggest we go for a (unless any of the people explictly
> listed would disagree). We don't list authorship anywhere else (E.G. in
> the .mk files) in Buildroot, and it sounds like a pain to maintain such
> a list and decide what a 'major contribution' is.

Oh, we'd maintain the same way we maintain the list of packages: with a
little bit of scripting and a make target in docs/manual/manual.mk.

But I'm fine with just a., too. I just misunderstood Thomas DS'
c-suggestion.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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