wtf/CONTRIBUTORS.pthreads-win32

   1 This is a copy of CONTRIBUTORS file for the Pthreads-win32 library, downloaded
   2 from http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/pthreads/CONTRIBUTORS?rev=1.32&cvsroot=pthreads-win32
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   4 Included here to compliment the Pthreads-win32 license header in wtf/ThreadingWin.cpp file.
   5 WebKit is using derived sources of ThreadCondition code from Pthreads-win32.
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   9 Contributors (in approximate order of appearance)
  10
  11 [See also the ChangeLog file where individuals are
  12 attributed in log entries. Likewise in the FAQ file.]
  13
  14 Ben Elliston            bje at cygnus dot com
  15                                         Initiated the project;
  16                                         setup the project infrastructure (CVS, web page, etc.);
  17                                         early prototype routines.
  18 Ross Johnson            rpj at callisto dot canberra dot edu dot au
  19                                         early prototype routines;
  20                                         ongoing project coordination/maintenance;
  21                                         implementation of spin locks and barriers;
  22                                         various enhancements;
  23                                         bug fixes;
  24                                         documentation;
  25                                         testsuite.
  26 Robert Colquhoun        rjc at trump dot net dot au
  27                                         Early bug fixes.
  28 John E. Bossom          John dot Bossom at cognos dot com
  29                                         Contributed substantial original working implementation;
  30                                         bug fixes;
  31                                         ongoing guidance and standards interpretation.
  32 Anders Norlander        anorland at hem2 dot passagen dot se
  33                                         Early enhancements and runtime checking for supported
  34                                         Win32 routines.
  35 Tor Lillqvist           tml at iki dot fi
  36                                         General enhancements;
  37                                         early bug fixes to condition variables.
  38 Scott Lightner          scott at curriculum dot com
  39                                         Bug fix.
  40 Kevin Ruland            Kevin dot Ruland at anheuser-busch dot com
  41                                         Various bug fixes.
  42 Mike Russo              miker at eai dot com
  43                                         Bug fix.
  44 Mark E. Armstrong       avail at pacbell dot net
  45                                         Bug fixes.
  46 Lorin Hochstein         lmh at xiphos dot ca
  47                                         general bug fixes; bug fixes to condition variables.
  48 Peter Slacik            Peter dot Slacik at tatramed dot sk
  49                                         Bug fixes.
  50 Mumit Khan              khan at xraylith dot wisc dot edu
  51                                         Fixes to work with Mingw32.
  52 Milan Gardian           mg at tatramed dot sk
  53                                         Bug fixes and reports/analyses of obscure problems.
  54 Aurelio Medina          aureliom at crt dot com
  55                                         First implementation of read-write locks.
  56 Graham Dumpleton        Graham dot Dumpleton at ra dot pad dot otc dot telstra dot com dot au
  57                                         Bug fix in condition variables.
  58 Tristan Savatier        tristan at mpegtv dot com
  59                                         WinCE port.
  60 Erik Hensema            erik at hensema dot xs4all dot nl
  61                                         Bug fixes.
  62 Rich Peters             rpeters at micro-magic dot com
  63 Todd Owen               towen at lucidcalm dot dropbear dot id dot au
  64                                         Bug fixes to dll loading.
  65 Jason Nye               jnye at nbnet dot nb dot ca
  66                                         Implementation of async cancelation.
  67 Fred Forester           fforest at eticomm dot net
  68 Kevin D. Clark          kclark at cabletron dot com
  69 David Baggett           dmb at itasoftware dot com
  70                                         Bug fixes.
  71 Paul Redondo            paul at matchvision dot com
  72 Scott McCaskill         scott at 3dfx dot com
  73                                         Bug fixes.
  74 Jef Gearhart            jgearhart at tpssys dot com
  75                                         Bug fix.
  76 Arthur Kantor           akantor at bexusa dot com
  77                                         Mutex enhancements.
  78 Steven Reddie           smr at essemer dot com dot au
  79                                         Bug fix.
  80 Alexander Terekhov      TEREKHOV at de dot ibm dot com
  81                                         Re-implemented and improved read-write locks;
  82                                         (with Louis Thomas) re-implemented and improved
  83                                         condition variables;
  84                                         enhancements to semaphores;
  85                                         enhancements to mutexes;
  86                                         new mutex implementation in 'futex' style;
  87                                         suggested a robust implementation of pthread_once
  88                                         similar to that implemented by V.Kliathcko;
  89                                         system clock change handling re CV timeouts;
  90                                         bug fixes.
  91 Thomas Pfaff            tpfaff at gmx dot net
  92                                         Changes to make C version usable with C++ applications;
  93                                         re-implemented mutex routines to avoid Win32 mutexes
  94                                         and TryEnterCriticalSection;
  95                                         procedure to fix Mingw32 thread-safety issues.
  96 Franco Bez              franco dot bez at gmx dot de
  97                                         procedure to fix Mingw32 thread-safety issues.
  98 Louis Thomas            lthomas at arbitrade dot com
  99                                         (with Alexander Terekhov) re-implemented and improved
 100                                         condition variables.
 101 David Korn              dgk at research dot att dot com
 102                                         Ported to UWIN.
 103 Phil Frisbie, Jr.       phil at hawksoft dot com
 104                                         Bug fix.
 105 Ralf Brese              Ralf dot Brese at pdb4 dot siemens dot de
 106                                         Bug fix.
 107 prionx at juno dot com  prionx at juno dot com
 108                                         Bug fixes.
 109 Max Woodbury            mtew at cds dot duke dot edu
 110                                         POSIX versioning conditionals;
 111                                         reduced namespace pollution;
 112                                         idea to separate routines to reduce statically
 113                                         linked image sizes.
 114 Rob Fanner              rfanner at stonethree dot com
 115                                         Bug fix.
 116 Michael Johnson         michaelj at maine dot rr dot com
 117                                         Bug fix.
 118 Nicolas Barry           boozai at yahoo dot com
 119                                         Bug fixes.
 120 Piet van Bruggen        pietvb at newbridges dot nl
 121                                         Bug fix.
 122 Makoto Kato             raven at oldskool dot jp
 123                                         AMD64 port.
 124 Panagiotis E. Hadjidoukas       peh at hpclab dot ceid dot upatras dot gr
 125                                         Contributed the QueueUserAPCEx package which
 126                                         makes preemptive async cancelation possible.
 127 Will Bryant             will dot bryant at ecosm dot com
 128                                         Borland compiler patch and makefile.
 129 Anuj Goyal              anuj dot goyal at gmail dot com
 130                                         Port to Digital Mars compiler.
 131 Gottlob Frege           gottlobfrege at  gmail dot com
 132                                         re-implemented pthread_once (version 2)
 133                                         (pthread_once cancellation added by rpj).
 134 Vladimir Kliatchko      vladimir at kliatchko dot com
 135                                         reimplemented pthread_once with the same form
 136                                         as described by A.Terekhov (later version 2);
 137                                         implementation of MCS (Mellor-Crummey/Scott) locks.