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 @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