Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:32:26 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: Past CREDITS files |
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On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, David Weinehall wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 04:22:17PM +0300, Juha Siltala wrote: > > I would like to examine the CREDITS files of all/most kernels released over > > time. How could I get my hands on these? I want to study the accumulation > > of contributors over the years. This is part of my masters thesis project. > > > > BTW, when was the current twofold stable/devel numbering scheme started? > > I don't think this will be very rewarding, as a lot of very important > contributors aren't listed in this file (if I remember correctly, > Alexander Viro, the guru of VFS-design, is one example, all the people > behind my all-time favourite project, the Standford-checker, is another > example), hence this file is pretty useless.
So it would be better to search for names in the full sources. I admit that's not to simple. Email adresses would be simpler but suffers from the same problem as the CREDITS file.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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