Jeff pointed out that `git shortlog -esn --all` shows them all. I assume we should include those 4 as founders, but as for the historical developer list, should we only include those in the pom authorship already + apache members?
On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM James Daugherty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > The recent bom property issue reminded me we still have not followed > up on harmonizing our author list in our pom files. Currently, we do > not list all of the developers under authors for each project. > > Groovy's pom (https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.apache.groovy/groovy) > enumerates all authors and assigns a role to indicate if they're still > active / founder / legacy. > > Groovy uses the following roles: > 1. Founder > 2. Developer > 3. Developer Emeritus > > Going by https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/11/grails-7-released/, the > following would be founders: > 1. Graeme Rocher > 2. Guillaume LaForge > 3. Steven Devijver > 4. Dierk König > > But I don't see #2 & #3 in the commit history. I assume we should > only include those in the commit history? > > As for developer vs developer emeritus, I think we should consider > anyone who hasn't contributed in the last 12 months as developer > emeritus. Everyone else would just be listed as a developer. > > What are people's thoughts on this proposal? > > -James
