[libvirt] [dbus PATCH 1/4] maint: remove AUTHORS from repository

[Pavel Hrdina]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 02:56:06PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 03:33:50PM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > This is tracked by git itself.  Suggested during fedora package review.
> 
> AUTHORS is a file that autoconf/automake expects to exist in all
> projects. Also the git history is not included with the tar.gz

That is true only if the project decides to follow GNU standard, it
requires ChangeLog file which is not present.

> dist, so IMHO the AUTHORS is appropriate to keep regardless.

That is correct, however, if someone really wants to know who
contributed into the project and what was the contribution the AUTHORS
file will not provide you all these information and you will have to
look into the git repository.

Pavel
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