From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Cc: Andrew Cagney , Fernando Nasser , GDB Patches Subject: Re: Write after approval additions Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 13:55:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A8986A4.783810A6@cygnus.com> References: <3A817ED7.60A7B32C@cygnus.com> <3A81AC7D.22AC2232@cygnus.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00187.html "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