[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #4697: Backfill Credits API data for older releases

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#4697: Backfill Credits API data for older releases
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement     |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:
Component:  API             |   Keywords:
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 Background: #577, #3114.

 At the moment, the
 [source:sites/trunk/api.wordpress.org/public_html/core/credits Credits
 API] only has data for WordPress 3.2+.

 In comment:2:ticket:577 and comment:1:ticket:3114, a possibility of
 backfilling the data for older releases was suggested.

 In a brief
 [https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02QB8GMM/p1566312195442900?thread_ts=1566294998.438700&cid=C02QB8GMM
 Slack discussion], @jonoalderson noted that it would indeed be beneficial
 for the project.

 The list of contributors should be relatively easy to get via Git/SVN
 history or release posts:

 ||3.1||https://wordpress.org/news/2011/02/threeone/||
 ||3.0||https://wordpress.org/news/2010/06/thelonious/||
 ||2.9||https://wordpress.org/news/2009/12/wordpress-2-9/||
 ||2.8||https://wordpress.org/news/2009/06/wordpress-28/||
 ||2.7||https://wordpress.org/news/2008/12/coltrane/||

 Earlier release posts didn't include contributors, so Git/SVN history
 would be the only option for them.

 Release leads might be harder to track down, but still seems doable.

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