--- a/doc/acknowledgements.txt	Mon Oct 21 22:46:54 2019 -0400
+++ b/doc/acknowledgements.txt	Tue Oct 22 14:30:52 2019 -0400
@@ -10,14 +10,59 @@
 
 .. _`Announcement with changelog for current release.`: announcement.html
 
-2.X
+2.0
 ---
 
+2.0.0a0
+~~~~~~~
+
+Maintainer: Ralf Schlatterbeck, John Rouillard
+
+Release Manager: John Rouillard
+
+Developer activity by changesets::
+
+    rouilj@ieee.org            13674 ***************************************************************************************
+    jsm@polyomino.org.uk        4746 ******************************
+    cmeerw@cmeerw.org           3622 ***********************
+    dangchau1991@yahoo.com      3374 *********************
+    rsc@runtux.com              2871 ******************
+    ezio.melotti@gmail.com       103 *
+    john@jerrykan.com             40
+    bernhard@intevation.de        29
+    martin.v.loewis                8
+    cedric.krier@b2ck.com          6
+    tekberg@uw.edu                 6
+    gabriele.roeger@unibas.ch      4 
+
+Other contributers
+
+Chau Nguyen,
+Andreas (anrounham14),
+Robert Klonner
 Garth Jensen
 
 1.6
 ---
 
+1.6.1
+~~~~~
+Maintainer: Ralf Schlatterbeck, John Rouillard
+
+Release Manager: John Rouillard
+
+Developer activity by changesets::
+
+  rouilj at ieee.org            19 *********************************************
+  bernhard at intevation.de      1 **
+  jsm at polyomino.org.uk        1 **
+
+
+Joseph Myers,
+Cédric Krier,
+hannob/JulienPalard
+
+
 1.6.0
 ~~~~~
 Maintainer: Ralf Schlatterbeck, John Rouillard