Re: [Nano-devel] the names in the Easter egg

[Chris Allegretta]

All valid points, but Nano would not exist without the support of
several people who have never contributed much in the way of code
(including Mr Kolb and several of my employers).  The project is
definitely more than just code.

I think retroactively removing people would seem harsh, but am happy
to make it a policy that in the future just contributing translations
is insufficient to get into the credits, simply because it would be
difficult to maintain such a list and would presumably grow without
bound.  We should probably thank the TP itself, however.

On 12/2/14, Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> > On Dec 1, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Dirkjan Ochtman <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > I'd err on the side of inclusion here, and include everyone who has
>> > made a contribution, whether it's code, translation, or contribution
>> > in some other form.
>
> For just the translations that would mean adding some thirty names
> to the list.  And that are just the last translators -- I would have
> to go digging through SVN history to see if in the interim maybe some
> other translators have contributed.  Furtherrmore, several of these
> names would need to be represented differently depending on whether
> UTF-8 is used or not -- they would require the same treatment as
> currently Florian König -- and at least two names can't be represented
> in Latin-1 at all.  And then, for other contributions, where to draw
> the line?  Should also those be included who have posted a patch which
> was never applied?  Or those who merely suggested the addition of a
> feature? ....
>
> No.  The Easter egg is just a fun thing, it is not a true-to-life list
> of who contributed to nano.  If it were up to me, to keep the list
> a bit manageable, I would say that a name has to crop up at least ten
> times in the Changelogs before it can make it to the Easter scroll.
>
> Benno
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