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diff --git a/manual/contrib.texi b/manual/contrib.texi index ed1065659e..4d16f4e6ef 100644 --- a/manual/contrib.texi +++ b/manual/contrib.texi @@ -2,175 +2,301 @@ @c %MENU% Who wrote what parts of the GNU C Library @appendix Contributors to @theglibc{} -@Theglibc{} was written originally by Roland McGrath, and is -currently maintained by Ulrich Drepper. Some parts of the library were -contributed or worked on by other people. +@Theglibc{} project would like to thank its many contributors. +Without them the project would not have been nearly as successful as +it has been. Any omissions in this list are accidental. Feel free to +file a bug in bugzilla if you have been left out or some of your +contributions are not listed. Please keep this list in alphabetical +order. @itemize @bullet + @item -The @code{getopt} function and related code was written by -Richard Stallman, @w{David J.} MacKenzie, and @w{Roland McGrath}. +Ryan S. Arnold for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC. @item -The merge sort function @code{qsort} was written by Michael J. Haertel. +Miles Bader for writing the @code{argp} argument-parsing package, and the +@code{argz}/@code{envz} interfaces. @item -The quick sort function used as a fallback by @code{qsort} was written -by Douglas C. Schmidt. +Jeff Bailey for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture. @item -The memory allocation functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and -@code{free} and related code were written by Michael J. Haertel, -@w{Wolfram Gloger}, and @w{Doug Lea}. +Petr Baudis for bug fixes and testing. @item -Fast implementations of many of the string functions (@code{memcpy}, -@code{strlen}, etc.) were written by Torbj@"orn Granlund. +Stephen R. van den Berg for contributing a highly-optimized +@code{strstr} function. @item -The @file{tar.h} header file was written by David J. MacKenzie. +Eric Blake for adding O(n) implementations of @code{memmem}, +@code{strstr} and @code{strcasestr}. @item -The port to the MIPS DECStation running Ultrix 4 -(@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) -was contributed by Brendan Kehoe and Ian Lance Taylor. +Philip Blundell for the ports to Linux/ARM +(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM standalone +(@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as for parts of the IPv6 +support code. @item -The DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related functions were -contributed by Michael Glad. +Per Bothner for the implementation of the @code{libio} library which +is used to implement @code{stdio} functions. @item -The @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions were contributed by Ulrich Drepper. +Mark Brown for his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering +committee. @item -The startup code to support SunOS shared libraries was contributed by -Tom Quinn. +Thomas Bushnell for his contributions to Hurd. @item -The @code{mktime} function was contributed by Paul Eggert. +Liubov Dmitrieva for optimzed string functions on x86-64 and x86. @item -The port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix version 3 -(@code{i386-sequent-bsd}) was contributed by Jason Merrill. +Ulrich Drepper for his many contributions in almost all parts of +@theglibc{}, including: +@itemize @bullet +@item internationalization support, including the @code{locale} and +@code{localedef} utilities. +@item Linux i386/ELF support +@item the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} families of functions, +reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the @code{random} +family; System V shared memory and IPC support code +@item several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 +processors +@item many math functions +@item the character conversion functions (@code{iconv}) +@item the @code{ftw} and @code{nftw} functions +@item the floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends +and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf}, +@code{strtod} and friends +@item the @code{catgets} support and the entire suite of multi-byte +and wide-character support functions (@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.). +@item versioning of objects on the symbol level +@end itemize @item -The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone -package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors. +Paul Eggert for the @code{mktime} function and for his direction as +part of @theglibc{} steering committee. @item -The port to the DEC Alpha running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}) was -contributed by Brendan Kehoe, using some code written by Roland McGrath. +Mike Frysinger for his maintaining of the IA64 architecture and for +testing and bug fixing. @item -The port to SGI machines running Irix 4 (@code{mips-sgi-irix4}) was -contributed by Tom Quinn. +Michael Glad for the DES encryption function @code{crypt} and related +functions. @item -The port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS architecture -(@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) was contributed by Kazumoto Kojima. +Wolfram Gloger for contributing the memory allocation functions +functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related +code. @item -The floating-point printing function used by @code{printf} and friends -and the floating-point reading function used by @code{scanf}, -@code{strtod} and friends were written by Ulrich Drepper. The -multi-precision integer functions used in those functions are taken from -GNU MP, which was contributed by Torbj@"orn Granlund. +Torbj@"orn Granlund for fast implementations of many of the string +functions (@code{memcpy}, @code{strlen}, etc.). @item -The internationalization support in the library, and the support -programs @code{locale} and @code{localedef}, were written by Ulrich -Drepper. Ulrich Drepper adapted the support code for message catalogs -(@file{libintl.h}, etc.) from the GNU @code{gettext} package, which he -also wrote. He also contributed the @code{catgets} support and the -entire suite of multi-byte and wide-character support functions -(@file{wctype.h}, @file{wchar.h}, etc.). +Michael J. Haertel for writing the merge sort function @code{qsort} +and malloc checking functions like @code{mcheck}. @item -The implementations of the @file{nsswitch.conf} mechanism and the files -and DNS backends for it were designed and written by Ulrich Drepper and -Roland McGrath, based on a backend interface defined by Peter Eriksson. +Bruno Haible for his improvements to the @code{iconv} and locale +implementations. @item -The port to Linux i386/ELF (@code{i386-@var{anything}-linux}) was -contributed by Ulrich Drepper, based in large part on work done in -Hongjiu Lu's Linux version of @theglibc{}. +Richard Henderson for the port to Linux on Alpha +(@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}). @item -The port to Linux/m68k (@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) was -contributed by Andreas Schwab. +Daniel Jacobowitz for various fixes and enhancements. @item -The ports to Linux/ARM (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-linuxaout}) and ARM -standalone (@code{arm-@var{ANYTHING}-none}), as well as parts of the -IPv6 support code, were contributed by Philip Blundell. +Andreas Jaeger for the port to Linux on x86-64 +(@code{x86_64-@var{anything}-linux} and his work on Linux for MIPS +(@code{mips-@var{anything}-linux}), implementing the @file{ldconfig} +program, providing a test suite for the math library and for his +direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee. @item -Richard Henderson contributed the ELF dynamic linking code and other -support for the Alpha processor. +Aurelien Jarno for various fixes. @item -David Mosberger-Tang contributed the port to Linux/Alpha +Jakub Jelinek for implementing a number of checking functions and for +his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering committee. + +@item +Geoffrey Keating for the port to Linux on PowerPC +(@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}). + +@item +Brendan Kehoe for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation running +Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}) and the port to the DEC Alpha +running OSF/1 (@code{alpha-dec-osf1}). + +@item +Mark Kettenis for implementing the @code{utmpx} interface and an utmp +daemon, and for a Hesiod NSS module. + +@item +Kazumoto Kojima for the port of the Mach and Hurd code to the MIPS +architecture (@code{mips-@var{anything}-gnu}) and for his work on the +SH architecture. + +@item +Andreas Krebbel for his work on Linux for s390 and s390x. + +@item +Thorsten Kukuk for providing an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+, +securelevel 0, 1 and 2 and for the implementation for a caching daemon +for NSS (@file{nscd}). + +@item +Jeff Law for various fixes. + +@item +Doug Lea for contributing the memory allocation functions +functions @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} and related +code. + +@item +Hongjiu Lu for providing the support for a Linux 32-bit runtime +environment under x86-64 (x32), for porting to Linux on IA64, for +improved string functions and many bug fixes. + +@item +Luis Machado for optimized functions on PowerPC. + +@item +David J. MacKenzie for his contribution to the @code{getopt} +function and writing the @file{tar.h} header. + +@item +Greg McGary for adding runtime support for bounds checking. + +@item +Roland McGrath for writing most of @theglibc{} originally, for his +work on the Hurd port, his direction as part of @theglibc{} steering +committee, and for many bug fixes and reviewing of contributions. + +@item +Jason Merrill for the port to the Sequent Symmetry running Dynix +version 3 (@code{i386-sequent-bsd}). + +@item +Chris Metcalf for the port to Linux/Tile +(@code{tilegx-@var{anything}-linux} and +@code{tilepro-@var{anything}-linux}). + +@item +David Miller for contributing the port to Linux/Sparc +(@code{sparc*-@var{anything}-linux}). + +@item +Alan Modra for his improvements for Linux on PowerPC. + +@item +David Mosberger-Tang for contributing the port to Linux/Alpha (@code{alpha-@var{anything}-linux}). @item -The port to Linux on PowerPC (@code{powerpc-@var{anything}-linux}) -was contributed by Geoffrey Keating. +Stephen Moshier for implementing some 128-bit long double format math +functions. @item -Miles Bader wrote the argp argument-parsing package, and the argz/envz -interfaces. +Stephen Munroe for his port to Linux on PowerPC64 +(@code{powerpc64-@var{anything}-linux}) and for adding optimized +implementations for PowerPC. @item -Stephen R. van den Berg contributed a highly-optimized @code{strstr} function. +Joseph S. Myers for numerous bug fixes for the libm functions and for +his maintainership of the ARM and MIPS architectures. @item -Ulrich Drepper contributed the @code{hsearch} and @code{drand48} -families of functions; reentrant @samp{@dots{}@code{_r}} versions of the -@code{random} family; System V shared memory and IPC support code; and -several highly-optimized string functions for i@var{x}86 processors. +Carlos O'Donell for his maintainership of the HPPA architecture and +maintaining @theglibc{} web pages. @item -The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun -Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor, -Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath. +Alexandra Oliva for adding TLS descriptors for LD and GD on x86 and +x86-64. @item -The @code{libio} library used to implement @code{stdio} functions on -some platforms was written by Per Bothner and modified by Ulrich Drepper. +Paul Pluzhnikov for various fixes. @item -Eric Youngdale and Ulrich Drepper implemented versioning of objects on -the symbol level. +Marek Polacek for various fixes. @item -Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for NIS (YP) and NIS+, -securelevel 0, 1 and 2. +Siddhesh Poyarekar for various fixes. @item -Andreas Jaeger provided a test suite for the math library. +Pravin Satpute for writing sorting rules for some Indian languages. @item -Mark Kettenis implemented the utmpx interface and an utmp daemon. +Martin Schwidefsky for porting to Linux on s390 +(@code{s390-@var{anything}-linux}) and s390x +(@code{s390x-@var{anything}-linux}). @item -Ulrich Drepper added character conversion functions (@code{iconv}). +Carlos Eduardo Seo for optimized functions on PowerPC. @item -Thorsten Kukuk provided an implementation for a caching daemon for NSS -(nscd). +Franz Sirl for various fixes. @item -Tim Waugh provided an implementation of the POSIX.2 wordexp function family. +Jes Sorensen for porting to Linux on IA64 (@code{ia64-@var{anything}-linux}). @item -Mark Kettenis provided a Hesiod NSS module. +Richard Stallman for his contribution to the @code{getopt} function. @item -The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and -several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been -included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying -permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES} -in the source distribution. +Douglas C. Schmidt for writing the quick sort function used as a +fallback by @code{qsort}. + +@item +Andreas Schwab for the port to Linux/m68k +(@code{m68k-@var{anything}-linux}) and for his direction as part of +@theglibc{} steering committee. + +@item +Thomas Schwinge for his contribution to Hurd and the SH architecture. + +@item +Alfred M. Szmidt for various fixes. + +@item +Ian Lance Taylor for contributing the port to the MIPS DECStation +running Ultrix 4 (@code{mips-dec-ultrix4}). + +@item +Tom Quinn for contributing the startup code to support SunOS shared +libraries and the port to SGI machines running Irix 4 +(@code{mips-sgi-irix4}). + +@item +Tim Waugh for the implementation of the POSIX.2 @code{wordexp} +function family. + +@item +Eric Youngdale for implementing versioning of objects on the symbol level. + +@item +Adhemerval Zanella for optimized functions on PowerPC. + +@end itemize + +Some code in @theglibc{} comes from other projects and might be under +a different license: + +@itemize @bullet +@item +The timezone support code is derived from the public-domain timezone +package by Arthur David Olson and his many contributors. + +@item +Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU; +the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license; +see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses. @item The random number generation functions @code{random}, @code{srandom}, @@ -182,6 +308,18 @@ changes to fit into @theglibc{} and to fit the @w{ISO C} standard, but the functional code is Berkeley's.@refill @item +The Internet-related code (most of the @file{inet} subdirectory) and +several other miscellaneous functions and header files have been +included from 4.4 BSD with little or no modification. The copying +permission notice for this code can be found in the file @file{LICENSES} +in the source distribution. + +@item +The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting +code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for +details on their licensing. + +@item The DNS resolver code is taken directly from BIND 4.9.5, which includes copyrighted code from UC Berkeley and from Digital Equipment Corporation. See the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the DEC license. @@ -192,9 +330,14 @@ The code to support Sun RPC is taken verbatim from Sun's text of the license. @item -Some of the support code for Mach is taken from Mach 3.0 by CMU; -the file if_ppp.h is also copyright by CMU, but under a different license; -see the file @file{LICENSES} for the text of the licenses. +The math functions are taken from @code{fdlibm-5.1} by Sun +Microsystems, as modified by J.T. Conklin, Ian Lance Taylor, +Ulrich Drepper, Andreas Schwab, and Roland McGrath. + +@item +Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions +(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come +from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM. @item Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of @@ -202,14 +345,4 @@ Many of the IA64 math functions are taken from a collection of makes available under a free license; see the file @file{LICENSES} for details. -@item -The @code{getaddrinfo} and @code{getnameinfo} functions and supporting -code were written by Craig Metz; see the file @file{LICENSES} for -details on their licensing. - -@item -Many of the IEEE 64-bit double precision math functions -(in the @file{sysdeps/ieee754/dbl-64} subdirectory) come -from the IBM Accurate Mathematical Library, contributed by IBM. - @end itemize |