#15437, #15439: merge Doc/ACKS.txt with Misc/ACKS and modify Doc/about.rst accordingly.

Doc/ACKS.txt

-Contributors to the Python Documentation
-----------------------------------------
-
-This section lists people who have contributed in some way to the Python
-documentation.  It is probably not complete -- if you feel that you or
-anyone else should be on this list, please let us know (send email to
-docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
-
-.. acks::
-
-   * Aahz
-   * Michael Abbott
-   * Steve Alexander
-   * Jim Ahlstrom
-   * Fred Allen
-   * A. Amoroso
-   * Pehr Anderson
-   * Oliver Andrich
-   * Heidi Annexstad
-   * Jesús Cea Avión
-   * Manuel Balsera
-   * Daniel Barclay
-   * Chris Barker
-   * Don Bashford
-   * Anthony Baxter
-   * Alexander Belopolsky
-   * Bennett Benson
-   * Jonathan Black
-   * Robin Boerdijk
-   * Michal Bozon
-   * Aaron Brancotti
-   * Georg Brandl
-   * Keith Briggs
-   * Ian Bruntlett
-   * Lee Busby
-   * Arnaud Calmettes
-   * Lorenzo M. Catucci
-   * Carl Cerecke
-   * Mauro Cicognini
-   * Gilles Civario
-   * Mike Clarkson
-   * Steve Clift
-   * Dave Cole
-   * Matthew Cowles
-   * Jeremy Craven
-   * Andrew Dalke
-   * Ben Darnell
-   * L. Peter Deutsch
-   * Robert Donohue
-   * Fred L. Drake, Jr.
-   * Josip Dzolonga
-   * Jeff Epler
-   * Michael Ernst
-   * Blame Andy Eskilsson
-   * Carey Evans
-   * Martijn Faassen
-   * Carl Feynman
-   * Dan Finnie
-   * Hernán Martínez Foffani
-   * Stefan Franke
-   * Jim Fulton
-   * Peter Funk
-   * Lele Gaifax
-   * Matthew Gallagher
-   * Gabriel Genellina
-   * Ben Gertzfield
-   * Nadim Ghaznavi
-   * Jonathan Giddy
-   * Shelley Gooch
-   * Nathaniel Gray
-   * Grant Griffin
-   * Thomas Guettler
-   * Anders Hammarquist
-   * Mark Hammond
-   * Harald Hanche-Olsen
-   * Manus Hand
-   * Gerhard Häring
-   * Travis B. Hartwell
-   * Tim Hatch
-   * Janko Hauser
-   * Ben Hayden
-   * Thomas Heller
-   * Bernhard Herzog
-   * Magnus L. Hetland
-   * Konrad Hinsen
-   * Stefan Hoffmeister
-   * Albert Hofkamp
-   * Gregor Hoffleit
-   * Steve Holden
-   * Thomas Holenstein
-   * Gerrit Holl
-   * Rob Hooft
-   * Brian Hooper
-   * Randall Hopper
-   * Mike Hoy
-   * Michael Hudson
-   * Eric Huss
-   * Jeremy Hylton
-   * Roger Irwin
-   * Jack Jansen
-   * Philip H. Jensen
-   * Pedro Diaz Jimenez
-   * Kent Johnson
-   * Lucas de Jonge
-   * Andreas Jung
-   * Robert Kern
-   * Jim Kerr
-   * Jan Kim
-   * Kamil Kisiel
-   * Greg Kochanski
-   * Guido Kollerie
-   * Peter A. Koren
-   * Daniel Kozan
-   * Andrew M. Kuchling
-   * Dave Kuhlman
-   * Erno Kuusela
-   * Ross Lagerwall
-   * Thomas Lamb
-   * Detlef Lannert
-   * Piers Lauder
-   * Glyph Lefkowitz
-   * Robert Lehmann
-   * Marc-André Lemburg
-   * Ross Light
-   * Ulf A. Lindgren
-   * Everett Lipman
-   * Mirko Liss
-   * Martin von Löwis
-   * Fredrik Lundh
-   * Jeff MacDonald
-   * John Machin
-   * Andrew MacIntyre
-   * Vladimir Marangozov
-   * Vincent Marchetti
-   * Westley Martínez
-   * Laura Matson
-   * Daniel May
-   * Rebecca McCreary
-   * Doug Mennella
-   * Paolo Milani
-   * Skip Montanaro
-   * Paul Moore
-   * Ross Moore
-   * Sjoerd Mullender
-   * Dale Nagata
-   * Michal Nowikowski
-   * Steffen Daode Nurpmeso
-   * Ng Pheng Siong
-   * Koray Oner
-   * Tomas Oppelstrup
-   * Denis S. Otkidach
-   * Zooko O'Whielacronx
-   * Shriphani Palakodety
-   * William Park
-   * Joonas Paalasmaa
-   * Harri Pasanen
-   * Bo Peng
-   * Tim Peters
-   * Benjamin Peterson
-   * Christopher Petrilli
-   * Justin D. Pettit
-   * Chris Phoenix
-   * François Pinard
-   * Paul Prescod
-   * Eric S. Raymond
-   * Edward K. Ream
-   * Terry J. Reedy
-   * Sean Reifschneider
-   * Bernhard Reiter
-   * Armin Rigo
-   * Wes Rishel
-   * Armin Ronacher
-   * Jim Roskind
-   * Guido van Rossum
-   * Donald Wallace Rouse II
-   * Mark Russell
-   * Nick Russo
-   * Chris Ryland
-   * Constantina S.
-   * Hugh Sasse
-   * Bob Savage
-   * Scott Schram
-   * Neil Schemenauer
-   * Barry Scott
-   * Joakim Sernbrant
-   * Justin Sheehy
-   * Charlie Shepherd
-   * Yue Shuaijie
-   * Michael Simcich
-   * Ionel Simionescu
-   * Michael Sloan
-   * Gregory P. Smith
-   * Roy Smith
-   * Clay Spence
-   * Nicholas Spies
-   * Tage Stabell-Kulo
-   * Frank Stajano
-   * Anthony Starks
-   * Greg Stein
-   * Peter Stoehr
-   * Mark Summerfield
-   * Reuben Sumner
-   * Kalle Svensson
-   * Jim Tittsler
-   * David Turner
-   * Sandro Tosi
-   * Ville Vainio
-   * Martijn Vries
-   * Charles G. Waldman
-   * Greg Ward
-   * Barry Warsaw
-   * Corran Webster
-   * Glyn Webster
-   * Bob Weiner
-   * Eddy Welbourne
-   * Jeff Wheeler
-   * Mats Wichmann
-   * Gerry Wiener
-   * Timothy Wild
-   * Paul Winkler
-   * Collin Winter
-   * Blake Winton
-   * Dan Wolfe
-   * Adam Woodbeck
-   * Steven Work
-   * Thomas Wouters
-   * Ka-Ping Yee
-   * Rory Yorke
-   * Moshe Zadka
-   * Milan Zamazal
-   * Cheng Zhang

Doc/about.rst

@@ -29,8 +29,13 @@ Many thanks go to:
 See :ref:`reporting-bugs` for information how to report bugs in this
 documentation, or Python itself.
 
-.. including the ACKS file here so that it can be maintained separately
-.. include:: ACKS.txt
+
+Contributors to the Python Documentation
+----------------------------------------
+
+Many people have contributed to the Python language, the Python standard
+library, and the Python documentation.  See :source:`Misc/ACKS` in the Python
+source distribution for a partial list of contributors.
 
 It is only with the input and contributions of the Python community
 that Python has such wonderful documentation -- Thank You!