Re: Call for volunteers: add tree-sitter support to major modes

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Brian <brian.miller.0235@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 16:03:20 +0000
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Then what is the purpose of an author field, if attributions are in
> those files?

It's the original author, the one who wrote the first version.

> It creates the impression that writing a single file then
> forgetting about it is the most valuable contribution in this project.
> I don't see why having a long history should require this, wouldn't it
> work if everyone was credited in the same place?

It's just how it is in Emacs.  It maybe takes some getting used to,
that's all.  Once you get used to it, you know that people's
contributions is more than just writing a file.