Use sphinx-contributors for an automated contributors list.

docs/conf.py

@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ def new_process_docstring(app, what, name, obj, options, lines):
     'coverage_check',
     'myst_nb',  # This is used for the .ipynb notebooks
     'sphinx_gallery.gen_gallery',
-    'sphinxcontrib.collections'
+    'sphinxcontrib.collections',
+    'sphinx_contributors'
 ]
 
 # so we don't have to do the canonical imports on every doctest

docs/development.md

@@ -69,24 +69,22 @@ You generally only need to submit a CLA once, so if you've already submitted one
 again.
 
 
-## Core Maintainers
+## The Team
 
-*   [Iurii Kemaev](https://github.com/hbq1)
-*   [Markus Kunesch](https://github.com/mkunesch)
-*   [Matteo Hessel](https://github.com/mtthss)
-*   [Ross Hemsley](https://github.com/rosshemsley)
+Optax is developed by a team of researchers at Google DeepMind and Alphabet, as well as a growing community of open-source contributors. The work on Optax is part of a wider effort to contribute to making the [JAX Ecosystem](https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/using-jax-to-accelerate-our-research/) the best possible environment for ML/AI research. Below is the list of the top (in number of commits) 30 contributors to date:
 
-## Collaborators
 
-We'd also like to extend a special thanks to the following open source
-contributors who have made significant contributions to Optax,
+{role-name}`contributors`
 
-*   [n2cholas](https://github.com/n2cholas)
-*   [wdphy16](https://github.com/wdphy16)
-*   [holounic](https://github.com/holounic)
+```{eval-rst}
+.. contributors:: google-deepmind/optax
+    :avatars:
+    :limit: 30
+    :order: ASC
+```
+
+A full list of the contributors to date can be found [here](https://github.com/deepmind/optax/graphs/contributors).
 
-A full list of open source contributors can be found
-[here](https://github.com/deepmind/optax/graphs/contributors).
 
 ## Community Guidelines
 

docs/index.rst

@@ -68,31 +68,16 @@ for instructions on installing JAX.
    api/contrib
 
 
-The Team
---------
-
-The development of Optax is led by Ross Hemsley, Matteo Hessel, Markus Kunesch
-and Iurii Kemaev. The team relies on outstanding contributions from Research
-Engineers and Research Scientists from throughout
-`Google DeepMind <https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/using-jax-to-accelerate-our-research/>`_
-and Alphabet. We are also very grateful to Optax's open source community for
-contributing ideas, bug fixes, issues, design docs, and amazing new features.
-
-The work on Optax is part of a wider effort to contribute to making the
-`JAX Ecosystem <https://deepmind.google/discover/blog/using-jax-to-accelerate-our-research/>`_
-the best possible environment for ML/AI research.
-
 Support
 -------
 
-If you are having issues, please let us know by filing an issue on our
-`issue tracker <https://github.com/google-deepmind/optax/issues>`_.
+If you encounter issues with this software, please let us know by filing an issue on our `issue tracker <https://github.com/google-deepmind/optax/issues>`_. We are also happy to receive bug fixes and other contributions. For more information of how to contribute, please see the `development guide <development>`_.
 
 
 License
 -------
 
-Optax is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License.
+Optax is licensed under the `Apache 2.0 License <https://github.com/google-deepmind/optax/blob/main/LICENSE>`_.
 
 
 Indices and Tables

pyproject.toml

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ docs = [
     "tensorflow>=2.4.0",
     "tensorflow-datasets>=4.2.0",
     "flax",
+    "sphinx_contributors",
 ]
 
 dp-accounting = [