> > > I don't see why the "PHP Documentation Team" > > > section on phpinfo() can't be similarly selected by some magical > > > community agreement. > > > > I certainly wouldn't object to that, and there are a number of people, > > the phpdoc "regulars", that would get my vote to become the phpdoc > > equivalent of the PHP group, and be listed there in phpcredits(), but > > that is different from being "just" an author of the documentation and > > being credited as such. > > Agreed. Maybe one solution is to credit everybody (even the single > committer from 1998) in the manual, but list the "PHP Doc Group" in > phpcredits(). > > Those people would be only be active people steering the documentation > project, similar to the PHP Group. This way we wouldn't need to worry > about the "Alexander Aulbachs" of the world, but properly can still > highlight the big contributions of the team of folks who are really > helping out with today's manual. > > Because I do think it's only fair that these guys get the proper > credit for their work.
I agree with this. The php-gtk manual is an example where the "main" authors are listed with an et al linking to a list. It's on a smaller scale (just two) but we would do it for all. The master list (that lists everyone) could be located at the new docs.php.net site. Or, put it somewhere in the manual although this is a long list! We should also list extension specific authors as such. For example Georg is mysql/mysqli master. I think it'd be nice if we had more of these, like someone to take over sockets. Regards, Philip
