Re: Write after approval additions

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313@cygnus.com>]

"Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote:

> #                --------- Write After Approval ---------
> #
> # Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
> # changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
> # one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
> #
> # [It's a huge list, folks.  You know who you are.  If you have the
> #  *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group.  Just remember
> #  to get approval before checking anything in.]
> 
> I've always wondered what this specific colour along the power
> spectrum was supposed to accomplish.  In what way is it a *useful*
> middle point between maintainers and ordinary contributors?
> 
> It has the unintended consequence of making more work for maintainers.
> They have to check in approved patches themselves instead of letting a
> contributor do it.

Kind of :-)

Once someones name is in the MAINTAINERS file the people giving approval
can be sure of the above all hold.  Significantly, they can be sure that
the person has a valid assignment.

To turn the question around, how to BFD maintainers know if someone
submitting a patch has a valid GDB assignment in place?

	Andrew