Merge pull request astropy#8232 from bsipocz/whatsnew_31

Adding stats and contributors to whatsnew

Author: bsipocz

docs/whatsnew/3.1.rst

@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ In addition to these major changes, Astropy 3.1 includes a large number of
 smaller improvements and bug fixes, which are described in the
 :ref:`changelog`. By the numbers:
 
-* xxx issues have been closed since v3.0
-* xxx pull requests have been merged since v3.0
-* xxx distinct people have contributed code
+
+* 906 issues have been closed since v3.0
+* 437 pull requests have been merged since v3.0
+* 94 distinct people have contributed code to this release, 51 of which are
+  first time contributors to Astropy.
 
 .. _whatsnew-3.1-tips:
 
@@ -520,5 +522,105 @@ To see a detailed list of all changes in version v3.1, including changes in
 API, please see the :ref:`changelog`.
 
 
-Renamed/removed functionality
-=============================
+Contributors to the v3.1 release
+================================
+
+.. hlist::
+  :columns: 4
+
+  *  Aarya Patil
+  *  Abhinuv Nitin Pitale*
+  *  Abigail Stevens*
+  *  Adam Ginsburg
+  *  Aditya Sharma*
+  *  Adrian Price-Whelan
+  *  Akash Deshpande*
+  *  Alexander Bakanov
+  *  Alexandre Beelen*
+  *  Ana Posses*
+  *  Anany Shrey Jain*
+  *  Arfon Smith*
+  *  Benjamin Alan Weaver
+  *  Brigitta Sipocz
+  *  Bruno Oliveira
+  *  Christian Clauss*
+  *  Christoph Deil
+  *  Clara Brasseur*
+  *  Dan Foreman-Mackey*
+  *  Daniel D'Avella
+  *  Daria Cara*
+  *  David M. Palmer
+  *  David Stansby*
+  *  Delosari*
+  *  Derek Homeier
+  *  Douglas Burke
+  *  Duncan Macleod
+  *  Emily Deibert*
+  *  Eric Koch*
+  *  Erik M. Bray
+  *  Erik Tollerud
+  *  Felix Yan*
+  *  Giang Nguyen
+  *  Grant Jenks*
+  *  Hannes Breytenbach
+  *  Humna Awan*
+  *  Jake VanderPlas
+  *  James Davies*
+  *  James Noss*
+  *  James Turner
+  *  Jani Šumak*
+  *  Joe Hunkeler
+  *  John Parejko
+  *  Johnny Greco
+  *  Joseph Schlitz*
+  *  Juanjo Bazán*
+  *  Julien Woillez
+  *  K.A. Oman
+  *  Karl Gordon
+  *  Katrin Leinweber*
+  *  Kyle Oman*
+  *  Larry Bradley
+  *  Leah Fulmer*
+  *  Lehman Garrison
+  *  Leo Singer
+  *  Manas Satish Bedmutha*
+  *  Mangala Gowri Krishnamoorthy*
+  *  Manish Biswas*
+  *  Marten van Kerkwijk
+  *  Martin Glatzle*
+  *  Matthew Craig
+  *  Matthew Petroff*
+  *  Michael Wood-Vasey*
+  *  Michael Seifert
+  *  Michael Zhang*
+  *  Mihai Cara
+  *  Mike Alexandersen*
+  *  Mikołaj*
+  *  Nadia Dencheva
+  *  Ole Streicher
+  *  Patricio Rojo*
+  *  Pey Lian Lim
+  *  Ritiek Malhotra*
+  *  Rocio Kiman*
+  *  Rohan Rajpal*
+  *  Sanjeev Dubey*
+  *  Sara Ogaz
+  *  Sashank Mishra*
+  *  Shresth Verma
+  *  Simon Conseil
+  *  Stefan Becker
+  *  Stephen Portillo*
+  *  Steve Crawford
+  *  Stuart Mumford
+  *  Sushobhana Patra*
+  *  Swapnil Sharma*
+  *  Thomas Robitaille
+  *  Tim Jenness*
+  *  Tom Aldcroft
+  *  Vishnunarayan K I*
+  *  Zé Vinicius
+  *  ananyashreyjain*
+  *  jimboH*
+  *  mmebsout*
+
+Where a * indicates their first contribution to Astropy.