docs: def generate_authors():
      """
      Updates the authors list
      """
      print('Generating AUTHORS')
  
      # Get our list of authors
      print('Collecting author names')
      r = subprocess.Popen(['git', 'log', '--use-mailmap', '--format=%aN'],
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
      seen_authors = []
      authors = []
      for authfile in ('AUTHORS', 'AUTHORS.rst'):
          if os.path.exists(authfile):
              break
      with open(authfile, 'r') as f:
          for line in f.readlines():
              if line.startswith("*"):
                  author = force_text(line).strip("* \n")
                  if author.lower() not in seen_authors:
                      seen_authors.append(author.lower())
                      authors.append(author)
      for author in r.stdout.readlines():
          author = force_text(author).strip()
          if author.lower() not in seen_authors:
              seen_authors.append(author.lower())
              authors.append(author)
  
      # Sort our list of Authors by their case insensitive name
      authors = sorted(authors, key=lambda x: x.lower())
  
      # Write our authors to the AUTHORS file
      print('Authors (%s):\n\n\n* %s' % (len(authors), '\n* '.join(authors)))