From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4645 invoked by alias); 5 Jan 2010 17:42:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 4635 invoked by uid 22791); 5 Jan 2010 17:42:31 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from rock.gnat.com (HELO rock.gnat.com) (205.232.38.15) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:42:23 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by filtered-rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C87BF2BABDA; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:42:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from rock.gnat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (rock.gnat.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id omyG-n+412xG; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:42:21 -0500 (EST) Received: from joel.gnat.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rock.gnat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BAA12BABBD; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 12:42:21 -0500 (EST) Received: by joel.gnat.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id ED963F5936; Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:42:08 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:42:00 -0000 From: Joel Brobecker To: Sean Chen Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org Subject: Re: The abbreviation in [] Message-ID: <20100105174208.GC24777@adacore.com> References: <5e81cb501001041706k2b430414jaa182127dd70f9a@mail.gmail.com> <20100105050007.GB24777@adacore.com> <5e81cb501001050746j71724945g87cda1acc6cde350@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5e81cb501001050746j71724945g87cda1acc6cde350@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Mailing-List: contact gdb-patches-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-patches-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2010-01/txt/msg00083.txt.bz2 > Thanks. Now I understand. So if the contributor is authorized and > confident of the patch, he will use [PATCH], [COMMIT], [OB] OR [FYI], > and then check-in his patch. Otherwise, [RFA] or [RFC] is used > instead. Correct? Yes. Please have a look at the gdb/MAINTAINERS files which describes rights of responsibilties of contributors and maintainers. > Is there a FAQ for this mailing list? If so, it will save our time in > the future, and the newer can join the discussion much more easily. It's all explained in CONTRIBUTING and MAINTAINERS. When I first started contributing, that's all I read, and I don't remember having many issues. I think we have FAQ for GDB itself, not about the mailing-list. -- Joel