From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17661 invoked by alias); 7 Nov 2002 23:32:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 17651 invoked from network); 7 Nov 2002 23:32:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO localhost.redhat.com) (216.138.202.10) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 7 Nov 2002 23:32:37 -0000 Received: from redhat.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE8493CF5 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:32:38 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3DCAF816.8030403@redhat.com> Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 15:32:00 -0000 From: Andrew Cagney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; NetBSD macppc; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020824 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [maint] New title for ``global write maintainer''? References: <3DB95391.10407@redhat.com> <3DB959C7.6050807@redhat.com> <3DB98BBD.9020703@apple.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SW-Source: 2002-11/txt/msg00075.txt.bz2 >> 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. It actually reads ``blanket write privs'', which is a total misnomer. >> 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"? :-) `Global Maintainer'? Sounds good, doesn't actually mean anything. Andrew