From: Stan Shebs <shebs@apple.com>
To: Andrew Cagney <ac131313@redhat.com>
Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: [maint] New title for ``global write maintainer''?
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 11:23:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DB98BBD.9020703@apple.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DB959C7.6050807@redhat.com>
Andrew Cagney wrote:
>
> The current ``global write maintainer'' title is something of a
> misnomer. Unlike GCC, where a global write maintainer can an does
> approve any patch, the GDB global write maintainers have an
> understanding that they won't approve patches or directly make changes
> in areas where there is already a maintainer.
>
> Given the potential for confusion, I'm wondering anyone has a better
> title? The only one I've come up with so far is ``Council of
> Elders''(1) but apparently some countries don't treat their elders
> with respect and, hence, the term takes on less than plesant
> connitations :-( Another could be the Senate, ....
"default maintainer"? "etc maintainer"? "all-that-other-code
maintainer"? :-)
Stan
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2002-10-25 7:48 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-10-25 11:23 ` Stan Shebs [this message]
2002-10-25 14:35 ` Daniel Berlin
2002-11-07 15:32 ` Andrew Cagney
2002-11-07 19:22 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
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