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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,  emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sun, 09 Oct 2022 23:04:33 -0400
> 
> I don't have an official answer to give, but for all the packages to
> which I contributed, I've usually seen something like the following
> happen:
> 
> - Someone write a package.  When they distribute it they naturally put
>   "Author:" there with their name and email address (not necessarily
>   for fame but rather in order to provide a point of contact for
>   feedback).
> - Time passes, other people start contributing to it.
> - Nobody dares to say that "I'm the author" since that would be a lie,
>   so they don't touch the "Author:" line and just either leave their
>   name out because they don't care about recognition and feedback, or
>   put themselves as "Maintainer:".
> 
> So in the end `Author:` all too often means the one who got the original
> impetus.  Which fraction of the overall work that turns out to be
> depends a lot on the package.  At the same time, in most cases, the
> original impetus imposes a general direction/design/approach/vision
> which tends to persist long after that author stepped down.

That's my impression as well.  And I do agree that the original
author's contribution is significant enough to justify the Author
header.