ian@cygnus.com writes:
 > I try to always thank people who have made significant contributions
 > in the release announcements.  I've used THANKS files in the past, but
 > I suspect that only contributors read them.

People *definitely* read change files.  For the packet drivers, I
documented every change, and summarized the changes at the top of the
file.  Buried in the minutia of changes, I wondered aloud if anyone
read them.  Over the years I must have gotten a hundred replies.

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