Ludovic Courtès (2015-06-28 23:43 +0300) wrote:

> I think we should consider generating ‘AUTHORS’ upon ‘make dist’
> eventually, ideally with a list of those who contributed to the last
> release, and then the list of all those who contributed at all.  Any
> takers?  :-)

I can try.  IIUC it requires:

- adding a script (let's say "generate-authors.scm") into "build-aux"
  directory that will call an appropriate "git log" command and mess
  with its output; something like this: