[parted-devel] including author names in --version output

[Andrew Clausen]

On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 06:16:30PM +0100, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Yep, I saw that, but figured 3-5 names would be enough.
> The problem is where to draw the line.
> 
> How about this instead:
> 
>   $ parted/parted --version
>   parted (GNU parted) 1.9.9
>   Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>   This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
>   the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
>   There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> 
>   Written by <http://parted.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/trac.cgi/browser/AUTHORS>.

That looks fine.

Not that this decision has anything to do with me...  if you want to
maximize incentives for people to contribute, then you should fill the
screen up with every contributor's name!

Cheers,
Andrew