> We have gone through this conversation several times. All people means > even people with one commit?
Yes, because that one commit is a contribution. Sure, people make mistakes, but so what, really? > If we list all people, do we list editors > on the frontpage (exactly like PEARdoc does)? Who are editors? They need > to be picked by hand, no? If we list all people, who we list on the > phpcredits() page? Noone? All people do not fit there. Then credit them as a "cast of hundreds" and make it link to the list in the back of the manual. My point is that it is a waste of time trying to track down just "how much" to credit someone; everyone that contributed, contributed. If you really want to rank them, do it in reverse order of commits, but you should still list them all. > The idea of crediting current authors a bit more is to encourage them to > stay here. And having your name among the 200 or so people in the world that contributed to what is probably one of the most widely spread pieces of online documentation isn't enough? :-) I think it is a testament to the PHP manual that so many have contributed to make it what it is, why not list them all? > They make up the small list which we can put into > phpcredits(). Ah, now I see the motivation. It's a tricky proposition. There is no fair way really to credit without crediting all involved parties, IMO, and that would be too long a list. > If we go with the long list, current contributors will not > get more credit then those whose content was probably replaced or > overedited by the currently active team. What I don't like about that sentence is "get more credit" and "probably replaced". Anyway, I don't have particularly strong feelings about what does or does not happen, I just wanted to point out that I don't think ranking based on an arbitrary cut-off point in CVS commits is really all that fair (for instance: one person documents a new extension in great detail and commits it but doesn't get higher than the bottom of the list; is it fair on them to not be credited?), and can't see a practical fair solution short of listing everyone that contributed. So, having given my opinion, I'll withdraw and let you get on ;-) --Wez.
