> ...... Let's
> add to that list from time to time when needed, but I think it is useful to
> have a place to acknowledge people who contribute.

Like this idea more.

But there is still problem:

>.... we don't have a clear criteria of whom to list in this
> section, and IMO should treat everybody equally by removing this section.

Also like idea about treating everybody equally.


I suggest to use this list for everybody who submitted a single patch
which was approved and committed to SVN.
Also we can add some documentation contributors, those who describe at
least some peace of functionality (like page size).


> Also, I think we probably would have a list a mile long if we included
> everyone who made a minor contribution.

And it will be cool!
It will show that project is alive, that community is great and small
regrets to everyone who have contribute.


Evgeny.




2010/8/25 Mike Kienenberger <[email protected]>:
> I would say that we should remove it for the reasons you stated.
> Also, I think we probably would have a list a mile long if we included
> everyone who made a minor contribution.
>
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Andrus Adamchik <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> http://cayenne.apache.org/contributors.html
>>
>> I was thinking we should remove the list of names from the "Other 
>> Contributors" section in the bottom. This list worked well when Cayenne was 
>> 2 years old, now that it is 9, it no longer makes any sense. The problem is 
>> not about the listed folks, but rather that there are many more people who 
>> did something comparable for Cayenne (like submitting a single patch, or 
>> reporting and investigating a non-obvious bug).
>>
>> So in other words we don't have a clear criteria of whom to list in this 
>> section, and IMO should treat everybody equally by removing this section.
>>
>> Thoughts? Objections?
>>
>> Andrus
>

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