From fde7fc43bf3ca7addaf9da05bd852b54dcc600e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: haszi <haszi@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2024 01:49:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Remove frontpage authors and editors (#3468)

Remove the (out-of-date) list of authors and editors from the front page.

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Co-authored-by: haszi <haszika80@gmail.com>
---
 contributors.ent      | 70 ++-----------------------------------------
 language-snippets.ent |  5 ++--
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)

diff --git a/contributors.ent b/contributors.ent
index de8743a753..efa9ec9ce9 100644
--- a/contributors.ent
+++ b/contributors.ent
@@ -7,72 +7,6 @@
  -->
 
 <!-- Authors and editors displayed on the manual frontpage -->
-<!ENTITY frontpage.authors '<authorgroup xml:id="authors" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+<!ENTITY frontpage.authors ''>
 
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Mehdi</firstname><surname>Achour</surname> <!-- didou -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-   
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Friedhelm</firstname><surname>Betz</surname> <!-- betz -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Antony</firstname><surname>Dovgal</surname> <!-- tony2001 -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-   
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Nuno</firstname><surname>Lopes</surname> <!-- nlopess -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Hannes</firstname><surname>Magnusson</surname> <!-- bjori -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Georg</firstname><surname>Richter</surname> <!-- georg -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Damien</firstname><surname>Seguy</surname> <!-- dams -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <author>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Jakub</firstname><surname>Vrana</surname> <!-- vrana -->
-   </personname>
-   </author>
-
-   <!-- This is not too nice, but works -->
-   <othercredit>
-    <personname>
-     <othername>
-     <link linkend="contributors">&AndSeveralOthers;</link>
-     </othername>
-    </personname>
-   </othercredit>
-
-  </authorgroup>'>
-
-<!ENTITY frontpage.editors '
-  <authorgroup xml:id="editors" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
-   <editor>
-   <personname>
-    <firstname>Peter</firstname><surname>Cowburn</surname> <!-- salathe -->
-   </personname>
-   </editor>
-  </authorgroup>'>
+<!ENTITY frontpage.editors ''>
diff --git a/language-snippets.ent b/language-snippets.ent
index bf684e7945..c4e0003972 100644
--- a/language-snippets.ent
+++ b/language-snippets.ent
@@ -2421,10 +2421,9 @@ slash may also be necessary for directories.</simpara></note>'>
 <!-- Snippets and titles for the contributors section -->
 <!ENTITY Credit.Authors.and.Contributors 'Authors and Contributors'>
 
-<!ENTITY Credit.Introduction '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> We highlight the currently most active
-people on the front page of the manual, but there are many more contributors who
+<!ENTITY Credit.Introduction '<para xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> There is a large number of contributors who
 currently help in our work or have provided a great amount of help to the project
-in the past. There are a lot of unnamed people who help out with user
+in the past. There are also a lot of unnamed people who help out with user
 notes on manual pages, which continually get included in the references, the
 work of whom we are also very thankful for. All of the lists provided below are in
 alphabetical order.