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[Simon Wells <swel024@xxxxxxxxx>]

The other option is change all the “credits tabs” in the about dialog into something similar to what freecad uses, then it would just be a text file to update thats included in the distribution and is MUCH easier to update, and can use multiple files (including one in the package set to include people from there

> On 25/11/2017, at 10:01 AM, Oliver Walters <oliver.henry.walters@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Can we have a link to a page on the website where we have a long form list? Updating a binary file with a fluid list of contributors seems hokey. 
> 
> The 3D models for example are now script generated using Maurice's tools but contributed by various people. 
> 
> On 25 Nov 2017 06:37, "Simon Wells" <swel024@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:swel024@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> Well if you want to keep that panel it should represent all those people who have provided artistry to kicad, as such for those non programmers maybe there needs to be a script or similar that someone can just put their name in and it will spit out a patch that can be submitted to the mailing list
> 
> 
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> > On 25/11/2017, at 3:44 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> > Oliver,
> >
> > I would rather not remove the artists panel from the about dialog.  I
> > know some of those folks haven't contributed recently but many of them
> > contributed a lot of bitmaps and icons over the years so they deserve
> > credit for the efforts.  The remaining changes are fine.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Wayne
> >
> > On 11/23/2017 08:31 AM, Oliver Walters wrote:
> >> As mentioned in previous thread, I have made some slight changes to the
> >> About dialog.
> >>
> >> 1. Wording / link tweaks
> >> 2. Removed references to outdated links (now better served from the
> >> kicad-pcb.org <http://kicad-pcb.org/> <http://kicad-pcb.org <http://kicad-pcb.org/>> site)
> >> 3. Removed "artists" tab - very outdated, 3D models are now community
> >> contributed
> >>
> >> I have also added myself as a developer credit - if this is an
> >> acceptable indulgence.
> >>
> >> Patch attached.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >>
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