Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > > Le Jeudi, 3 juil 2003, � 15:25 Europe/Zurich, Carsten Ziegeler a �crit : > > > ...So you suggest a limit, like if there are more than three authors, > > it's > > a community effort, right? > > I'd base it more on the document type than on the number of authors. > The "updating" document that we've been working on, for example, is > clearly a community effort, whereas other documents can have several > authors who have all been contributing important and original content > and who would like to be credited. > > > Hmm, sounds reasonable, so should we change > > all docs containing more than three authors? > > I'd say the ones that fall into the same category as the "updating" > document. > > It is hard to define precise rules I think, but what you could do if > you remove authors names is make a mail to this list (or write > [AUTHORS] in the CVS comment) so that people can complain if they'd > like their name to be re-added. > Ah ok,I think in general this is a good suggestion. Agreed, let's decide on a per case base. Too many authors might be a good indication.
> > But of course there is a potential problem: if someone changes a doc > > and adds himself to the list of authors (even if he changes only one > > line/word) then this doc will soon exceed the limit... > > Right - people shouldn't add their name in authors unless they have > contributed "significantly" to the document, which is again a fairly > subjective decision. > Yes, that's the same problem with when to add an author to a source code listing. Thanks for the good ideas! Carsten
