Re: [PATCH 1/1] [gdb]: add git trailer information on gdb/MAINTAINERS

Eli Zaretskii via Gdb
2023-05-17T02:29:24Z

> Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 15:40:38 -0400
> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, gdb@sourceware.org
> From: Simon Marchi <simark@simark.ca>
>
> > I don't think I'm in a position to put forward suggestions, since I'm
> > not sure I have a good understanding of the process. I only use
> > Approved-By when I can approve the entire patch, not just parts of it.
> > But maybe I'm wrong in that.
>
> If this happens, I think it's fine to say "the documentation parts are
> approved" and following with your Approved-By. If you want to be
> extra-clear, add "but the rest needs to be approved by someone else".
> The patch will end up with multiple Approved-Bys.

I'd like to hear from more maintainers that this is how they see that
tag. My fear is that someone mechanically scans the discussion thread
for the tags, in which case human-readable qualifications will go
unnoticed.

All in all, I feel that this aspect of our process is not well
defined.