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+The  project contributors:
+
+Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies+debian@gmail.com>
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+Julian Andres Klode
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+Past Contributors:
+
+Robert Collins <robert.collins@canonical.com>
+- Change the package index Info methods to allow apt-cache policy to be useful
+  when using several different archives on the same host.
+
+Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org>
+- Translations hero/coordinator
+
+Eugene V. Lyubimkin
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+Otavio Salvador
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+Luca Bruno
+- Development, bug fixes
+
+CVS:jgg Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
+- The Mad Cow incarnate
+
+CVS:mdz Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
+- Ongoing maintenance and coordination of development
+
+CVS:piefel Michael Piefel <piefel@debian.org>
+- i18n and l10n
+
+CVS:che Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>
+- Packaging and Releases
+
+CVS:bod Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
+- Perl Bindings
+
+CVS:tausq Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.org>
+- Patches, Fixes, Debugging, GUIs and Releases
+
+Isaac Jones <ijones@syntaxpolice.org> and Colin Walters <walters@debian.org>
+        Initial implementation of authentication support (Release.gpg)
+
+Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> - Project originator
+Tom Lees <tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk> - DPKG documentation and ideas
+Behan Webster <behanw@verisim.com> - Original GUI design
+Scott Ellis <storm@gate.net> - Original packaging and beta releases
+Branden Robinson <branden@purdue.edu> - Man Page Documentation
+Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> - 1st Generation FTP method and
+                                           dselect setup script
+Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org> - 2nd Generation FTP method author
+Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org> - Initial RSH method
+Many other bug reports through the Debian Bug system
+
+NOTE: The ChangeLog generator will parse for names and email addresses. The
+'CVS:<name>' tag should indicate who this pair refers to.