From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Cagney To: "Frank Ch. Eigler" Cc: Fernando Nasser , GDB Patches Subject: Re: Write after approval additions Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2001 07:50:00 -0000 Message-id: <3A8AA859.BA1755BD@cygnus.com> References: <3A817ED7.60A7B32C@cygnus.com> <3A81AC7D.22AC2232@cygnus.com> <3A8986A4.783810A6@cygnus.com> <20010214072421.A3608@redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2001-02/msg00207.html "Frank Ch. Eigler" wrote: > > Hi - > > cagney wrote: > : [...] > : 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? > > But that's a separate issue! Vetting a patch based on whether > the contributor has a filed copyright assignment occurs before > the patch is approved. The MAINTAINERS file does not list all > people with assignments. So? It doesn't need to. It just needs to reflect the current status of people activly contributing to GDB. enjoy, Andrew