From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 467 invoked by alias); 18 Nov 2005 11:59:25 -0000 Received: (qmail 454 invoked by uid 22791); 18 Nov 2005 11:59:22 -0000 Received: from fra-del-04.spheriq.net (HELO fra-del-04.spheriq.net) (195.46.51.100) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.30-dev) with ESMTP; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:22 +0000 Received: from fra-out-02.spheriq.net (fra-out-02.spheriq.net [195.46.51.130]) by fra-del-04.spheriq.net with ESMTP id jAIBxJhO029638 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:19 GMT Received: from fra-cus-02.spheriq.net (fra-cus-02.spheriq.net [195.46.51.38]) by fra-out-02.spheriq.net with ESMTP id jAIBxD1e030510 for ; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:17 GMT Received: from beta.dmz-eu.st.com (beta.dmz-eu.st.com [164.129.1.35]) by fra-cus-02.spheriq.net with ESMTP id jAIBxAfm017989 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:10 GMT Received: from zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (ns2.st.com [164.129.230.9]) by beta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id CC5EBDA48; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: by zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics, from userid 60012) id 4B5AA4734D; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:02:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id 02C8B75994; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail1.bri.st.com (mail1.bri.st.com [164.129.8.218]) by zeta.dmz-eu.st.com (STMicroelectronics) with ESMTP id 72CA74734A; Fri, 18 Nov 2005 12:02:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [164.129.15.13] (terrorhawk.bri.st.com [164.129.15.13]) by mail1.bri.st.com (MOS 3.5.8-GR) with ESMTP id CGZ52779 (AUTH "andrew stubbs"); Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:08 GMT Message-ID: <437DC16E.5030106@st.com> Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:59:00 -0000 From: Andrew STUBBS User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 (Windows/20050317) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Eli Zaretskii Cc: drow@false.org, gdb@sourceware.org Subject: Re: Maintainer policy for GDB References: <20051117044801.GA4705@nevyn.them.org> <20051117044801.GA4705@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0511162240q6f550008udda9803b5253fd88@mail.gmail.com> <8f2776cb0511162244u5274377m70684a364a8a7edd@mail.gmail.com> <20051117140353.GA11432@nevyn.them.org> <20051117044801.GA4705@nevyn.them.org> <8f2776cb0511162240q6f550008udda9803b5253fd88@mail.gmail.com> <20051118030711.GB31581@nevyn.them.org> <437DB556.1080008@st.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-O-Spoofed: Not Scanned X-O-General-Status: No X-O-Spam1-Status: Not Scanned X-O-Spam2-Status: Not Scanned X-O-URL-Status: Not Scanned X-O-Virus1-Status: No X-O-Virus2-Status: Not Scanned X-O-Virus3-Status: No X-O-Virus4-Status: No X-O-Virus5-Status: Not Scanned X-O-Image-Status: Not Scanned X-O-Attach-Status: Not Scanned X-SpheriQ-Ver: 4.1.07 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sourceware.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sourceware.org X-SW-Source: 2005-11/txt/msg00375.txt.bz2 Eli Zaretskii wrote: >>Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2005 11:04:54 +0000 >>From: Andrew STUBBS >>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