On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:25:26 -0400, Tom twickline@sitestar.net wrote:
Jeremy White wrote:
Hmm. I have several thoughts on this. First, I think that corporate sponsors get enough 'props'. While I appreciate the gesture, I'd rather the acknowledgements page highlight the many people who do good work for Wine without pay or other recompense.
Hello Jer,
But that would just be a copy of the who's who? http://www.winehq.org/site/who
Random thoughts..
1) Tom - you sent me a preview of an acknowledgement page a few months ago and I thought it was an excellent start. I have it laying around somewhere still.
2) Companies definitely need to be mentioned. Corporate sponsors _don't_ get enough props.
3) A quick glance at the AUTHORS file shows tons of names I don't recognize and some that I happen to recognize but I know their contributions were a line or two here and there. I think a decent guideline for an acknowledgement page is to scan wine-patches for the past 2 or 3 years and pick out anyone who submitted more than, say, 4 (or Insert-Favorite-Random-Number-Here) patches. I suspect it's smaller than you'd think. (cat the files together | grep From | uniq | sort -rn) From there, add in some folks who had contributions (Bertho Stultiens, et al). Finally put out a call for people to add themselves to care of any oversights. No, the end result won't be perfect but it's better than nothing.
4) Who's Who does need an update, and I can think of quite a few people who deserve to be on there. I'd encourage anyone who isn't on there to speak up and add themselves (patch to wine-patches, or email to me). The most likely for someone not being on there is simply an oversight on my part. Names that immediately come to mind include Rob Shearman, Robert Reif, and Filip Navara. There's probably a dozen more. The guideline for a Who's Who entry is shameless self-promotion.
5) On our FAQ page we say this: People and organizations who have given generous contributions of money, equipment, or licenses, include: David L. Harper Bob Hepple Mark A. Horton Kevin P. Lawton The Syntropy Institute James Woulfe
Pardon my ignorance, but I don't know any of these people. Maybe we should add them to that page but it might help to have an explanation of why.
-Brian