With WordPress 2.8 having been released and amassing over 64,000 downloads in the first 12 hours, I wanted to take a few moments to give my congratulations to the WordPress team for another great release.

Many thanks go out to all of those who contributed code for the 2.8 release. I know many of you worked hard to help get this release where it is today. In total there were 153 people who contributed code to WordPress 2.8. Here is the list of people who contributed:

Aaron Campbell, Abel Cheung, adferguson, akd907, Alex Rabe, anderswc, Anton Shevchuk, arena, Askapache, Andrew Ozz, Beau Lebens, bernzilla, bkrausz, brh, brianwhite, caesarsgrunt, ceenz, CharlesClarkson, CharlieHamu, chineseleper, chmac, chrisbliss18, christmasboy81, Cimmo, clwill, Scott Reilly, danlee, dcole07, Dion Hulse, Demetris Kikizas, Denis de Bernardy, designsimply, develish, docwhat, Donncha O Caoimh, drossy, dwc, dwenaus, emartin24, empireoflight, ev3rywh3re, Federico Bond, Austin Matzko, fuggi, futurix, Lester Chan, GM_Alex, gmpfree, gortsleigh, GregMulhauser, hailin, hakre, hudatoriq, Benedict Eastaugh, Jacob Santos, jamescollins, jbsil, jcraig90210, jdub, Jeremy Clarke, Jennifer Hodgdon, John Blackbourn, johnconners, johnkolbert, JohnLamansky, Joseph Scott, Joost de Valk, jsixpack, JulienV, kambiz.k., kamiyeye, Kuba Zwolinski, Lloyd Budd, lusuonline, makibo, Malaiac, mark8barnes, markedwards, Mark Jaquith, mastermind, Matt Mullenweg, mattwalters, MattyRob, Michael Adams, mercurix, mgriepentrog, mgsisk, MichaelH, MidnighToker, minusfive, mrmist, Mr Pete, Nick Momrik , mystyman, natethelen, Nathan Rice, Nazgul, nbachiyski, neoxx, Nicholas91, nightgunner5, Noel Jackson, novalis_dt, Samuel Wood, pamelatech, Paveo, peaceablewhale, PeteHoliday, peterkz, piouPiouM, pishmishy, pne, PotterSys, projct, ranchnachos, Daniel Jalkut , richcon, ridgerunner, Ryan McCue, roganty, ruslany, Ryan Boren, Sam_a, Sam Bauers, scohoust, scribu, simek, Simon Wheatley, sirzooro, Matt Martz, srobbin, st3ff3n, stringfold, tellyworth, Charles Frees-Melvin, TimButterfield, tomontoast, topncal, Thorsten Ott, turboguy, Txanny, UnderWordPressure, Alex, Vladimir Kolesnikov, Peter Westwood, Will Norris, wnorris, yoavf, zedlander, zekrap, zeronex, zeo, znarfor