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Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Cleanup of files of the root dir
From: <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2002 21:55:10 +0200 (MEST)

On Tue, 9 Apr 2002, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> > > Don't most projects have a PEOPLE file?
> >
> > I have found around 25 AUTHORS files on a quick scan on my
> > harddisk. And no PEOPLE file. It also looks like AUTHORS is created by
> > glade.
...
> well then, let me weigh in against an AUTHORS file. I agree with Paul.
> PEOPLE is more inclusive. Whether or not other projects have it is to me
> immaterial.

What is not immaterial, I suppose, is that AUTHORS is required by
automake. It is part of the GNU standard. You must run "automake
--foreign" to avoid this. I'd rather not.

My vote is for AUTHORS.

Yours,
Per

"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
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