From: Todd C. Miller Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:23:11 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Generate HISTORY from history.pod (which is also used for web pages) X-Git-Tag: SUDO_1_7_0~490 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=39228bf9e7d9ce8c7e9ea0910789a972d081cc0a;p=sudo Generate HISTORY from history.pod (which is also used for web pages) --- diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY index 17d0b7941..9b5df4ba9 100644 --- a/HISTORY +++ b/HISTORY @@ -1,47 +1,44 @@ -A Brief history of sudo(8): - -Sudo was first conceived and implemented by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff -Spencer around 1980 at the Department of Computer Science at -SUNY/Buffalo. It ran on a VAX-11/750 running 4.1BSD. An updated -version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, Gretchen Phillips, -John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the net.sources newsgroup -in December of 1985. - -In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released an enhanced version -of sudo. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful -of folks at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob Manchek, and -Trent Hein. - -In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version of sudo -with an enhanced sudoers format under contract to a consulting firm -called "The Root Group". This version was later released under the -GNU public license. - -In 1994, after maintaining sudo informally within CU-Boulder for -some time, Todd Miller made a public release of "CU sudo" (version -1.3) with bug fixes and support for more operating systems. The -"CU" was added to differentiate it from the "official" version from -"The Root Group". - -In 1996, Todd, who had been maintaining sudo for several years in -his spare time, brought sudo development under the umbrella of his -consulting firm, Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains committed -to a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite as well as -continued development of the sudo 1.x code base. - -In 1999, the "CU" prefix was dropped from the name since there has -been no formal release of sudo from "The Root Group" since 1991 -(the original authors now work elsewhere). As of version 1.6, Sudo -no longer contains any of the original "Root Group" code and is -available under an ISC-style license. - -In 2004, Todd incorporated as GratiSoft, Inc. to provide commercial -support and enhancements to the sudo community. +A brief history of sudo: + +Sudo was first conceived and implemented by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff Spencer +around 1980 at the Department of Computer Science at SUNY/Buffalo. It ran on +a VAX-11/750 running 4.1BSD. An updated version, credited to Phil Betchel, +Cliff Spencer, Gretchen Phillips, John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to +the net.sources Usenet newsgroup in December of 1985. + +In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released an enhanced version of sudo. +For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful of folks at +CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob Manchek, and Trent Hein. + +In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version of sudo with an +enhanced sudoers format under contract to a consulting firm called "The Root +Group". This version was later released under the GNU public license. + +In 1994, after maintaining sudo informally within CU-Boulder for some time, +Todd Miller made a public release of "CU sudo" (version 1.3) with bug fixes +and support for more operating systems. The "CU" was added to differentiate +it from the "official" version from "The Root Group". + +In 1996, Todd, who had been maintaining sudo for several years in his spare +time, brought sudo development under the umbrella of his consulting firm, +Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains committed to a free sudo and is +sponsoring another sudo rewrite as well as continued development of the sudo +1.x code base. + +In 1999, the "CU" prefix was dropped from the name since there has been no +formal release of sudo from "The Root Group" since 1991 (the original +authors now work elsewhere). As of version 1.6, Sudo no longer contains any +of the original "Root Group" code and is available under an ISC-style +license. + +In 2004, Todd incorporated as GratiSoft, Inc. to provide commercial support +and enhancements to the sudo community. In 2005, GratiSoft was put on hold. sudo, in its current form, is maintained by: - Todd Miller + Todd Miller Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs. + diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in index b38f6393d..a28012885 100644 --- a/Makefile.in +++ b/Makefile.in @@ -368,6 +368,9 @@ sudoers.man:: sudoers.man.in sudoers.cat: sudoers.man +@DEV@HISTORY: history.pod +@DEV@ pod2text -l -i0 $> > $@ + install: install-dirs install-binaries @INSTALL_NOEXEC@ install-sudoers install-man install-dirs: diff --git a/history.pod b/history.pod new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3d2d8da28 --- /dev/null +++ b/history.pod @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +=head1 A brief history of sudo: + +Sudo was first conceived and implemented by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff +Spencer around 1980 at the Department of Computer Science at +SUNY/Buffalo. It ran on a VAX-11/750 running 4.1BSD. An updated +version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, Gretchen Phillips, +John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the net.sources Usenet +newsgroup in December of 1985. + +In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released an enhanced version +of sudo. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful +of folks at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob Manchek, and +Trent Hein. + +In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version of sudo +with an enhanced sudoers format under contract to a consulting firm +called "The Root Group". This version was later released under the +GNU public license. + +In 1994, after maintaining sudo informally within CU-Boulder for +some time, Todd Miller made a public release of "CU sudo" (version +1.3) with bug fixes and support for more operating systems. The +"CU" was added to differentiate it from the "official" version from +"The Root Group". + +In 1996, Todd, who had been maintaining sudo for several years in +his spare time, brought sudo development under the umbrella of his +consulting firm, Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains committed +to a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite as well as +continued development of the sudo 1.x code base. + +In 1999, the "CU" prefix was dropped from the name since there has +been no formal release of sudo from "The Root Group" since 1991 +(the original authors now work elsewhere). As of version 1.6, Sudo +no longer contains any of the original "Root Group" code and is +available under an ISC-style license. + +In 2004, Todd incorporated as GratiSoft, Inc. to provide commercial +support and enhancements to the sudo community. + +In 2005, GratiSoft was put on hold. + +sudo, in its current form, is maintained by: + + Todd Miller + +Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs.