Re: Maintainer policy for GDB

Andrew STUBBS
2005-11-18T11:59:25Z

Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:04:54 +0000
>>From: Andrew STUBBS <andrew.stubbs@st.com>
>>Cc: gdb@sourceware.org
>>
>>However, I did have trouble on the above point, while trying to
>>understand the 'Obvious Fix Rule'. It currently states that all listed
>>'maintainers' may invoke the rule. When I queried this on the list I was
>>told that it also applies the the 'Write After Approval' list.
>
>
> Are you saying that it was unclear that ``maintainers'' included
> ``write after approval''? If so, why is that unclear? perhaps because
> there's no ``maintainer'' word in ``write after approval''?
>

Exactly so. As I understand it, 'write after approval' does not mean
'maintainer'. I see that Mark Kettenis is also unclear on this point.

It certainly isn't a word I would apply to myself, for example, and I am
in that list.

Andrew