Description of problem: publican does not handle <collabname> or <collab> tags in the most useful way Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): present version How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. put those tags in the authorgroup tag 2. 3. Actual results: in the html it prints out an unmarked list beneath the last other credit. In the PDF it prints out nothing. Expected results: The PDF should have some text. The best way to do this would be to have a heading like "In collaboration with". Additional info: email me if you want help with deciding on a suitable heading.
This isn't a bug, it's expected behaviour: publican handles <collabname> or <coolab> in the default manner as neither tag is recommended for use. The tag to use for this sort of credit is <othercredit> with an appropriate attribute. An SME, for example should probably be credited as follows <info> <title>Credits (ie who's to blame)</title> <author> <personname> <firstname>Chris</firstname> <surname>Curran</surname> </personname> </author> <othercredit class="technicaleditor"> <personname> <firstname>Jo</firstname> <surname>Hacker</surname> </personname> <contrib> Technical Editor for chapters 1 and 2 (covering Foo design and deployment). </contrib> </othercredit> </info> If you think of <author> and <editor> as special cases of <othercredit> it's easier to grok.