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

[Otavio Salvador]

Andrew Clausen <clausen at econ.upenn.edu> writes:

> 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!

Yes, I agree. I think this could be done using a variable on config.h
and parsing the AUTHORS file.

.oO(and I need to put my info there too)

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