1 ========= Binutils Maintainers =========
3 This is the list of individuals responsible for maintenance and update
4 of the GNU Binary Utilities project. This includes the linker (ld),
5 the assembler (gas), the profiler (gprof), a whole suite of other
6 programs (binutils) and the libraries that they use (bfd and
7 opcodes). This project shares a common set of header files with the
8 GCC and GDB projects (include), so maintainership of those files is
9 shared amoungst the projects.
11 The home page for binutils is:
13 http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
15 and patches should be sent to:
19 with "[Patch]" as part of the subject line. Note - patches to the
20 top level config.guess and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
24 and not to the binutils lists. Patches to the other top level
25 configure files (configure, configure.in, config-ml.in) should
26 be sent to the binutils lists, and copied to the gcc and gdb
30 --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
32 The following people have permission to check patches into the
33 repository without obtaining approval first:
46 --------- Maintainers ---------
48 Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
49 permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
50 that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
51 the immediate domain that they maintain.
53 If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
54 falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
55 maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
56 maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
57 responsibility among the other maintainers.
95 Moxie Anthony Green <moxielogic.com>
125 --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
127 CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
128 disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
129 It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
130 is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
131 CGEN and the files that it creates.
133 If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
137 The current CGEN maintainers are:
139 Doug Evans, Frank Eigler
141 --------- Write After Approval ---------
143 Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
144 changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
145 one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
147 [It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
148 *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
149 remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
151 ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
153 Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
154 right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
155 The definition of obvious is a bit hazy, and if you are not sure, then
156 you should seek approval first. Obvious fixes include fixes for
157 spelling mistakes, blatantly incorrect code (where the correct code is
158 also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
159 small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
160 some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
162 --------- Branch Checkins ---------
164 If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
165 also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
166 only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
167 ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
168 burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
169 great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
170 the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
174 -------- Testsuites ---------------
176 In general patches to any of the binutils testsuites should be
177 considered generic and sent to the binutils mailing list for
178 approval. Patches to target specific tests are the responsibility the
179 relevent port maintainer(s), and can be approved/checked in by them.
180 Other testsuite patches need the approval of a blanket-write-priveleges
183 -------- Configure patches ----------
185 Patches to the top level configure files (config.sub & config.guess)
186 are not the domain of the binutils project and they cannot be approved
187 by the binutils group. Instead they should be submitted to the config
192 --------- Creating Branches ---------
194 Anyone with at least write-after-approval access may create a branch
195 to use for their own development purposes. In keeping with FSF
196 policies, all patches applied to such a branch must come from people
197 with appropriate copyright assignments on file. All legal
198 requirements that would apply to any other contribution apply equally
199 to contributions on a branch.
201 Before creating the branch, you should select a name for the branch of
204 binutils-<org>-<name>
206 where "org" is the initials of your organization, or your own initials
207 if you are acting as an individual. For example, for a branch created
208 by The GNUDist Company, "tgc" would be an appropriate choice for
209 "org". It's up to each organization to select an appropriate choice
210 for "name"; some organizations may use more structure than others, so
211 "name" may contain additional hyphens.
213 Suppose that The GNUDist Company was creating a branch to develop a
214 port of Binutils to the FullMonty processor. Then, an appropriate
215 choice of branch name would be:
219 A date stamp is not required as part of the name field, but some
220 organizations like to have one. If you do include the date, you
221 should follow these rules:
223 1. The date should be the date that the branch was created.
225 2. The date should be numerical and in the form YYYYMMDD.
229 binutils-tgc-fm_20050101
231 would be appropriate if the branch was created on January 1st, 2005.
233 Having selected the branch name, create the branch as follows:
235 1. Check out binutils, so that you have a CVS checkout corresponding
236 to the initial state of your branch.
240 cvs tag binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint
242 That tag will allow you, and others, to easily determine what's
243 changed on the branch relative to the initial state.
245 3. Create the branch:
247 cvs rtag -b -r binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint \
248 binutils-<org>-<name>-branch
250 4. Document the branch:
252 Add a description of the branch to binutils/BRANCHES, and check
253 that file in. All branch descriptions should be added to the
254 HEAD revision of the file; it doesn't help to modify
255 binutils/BRANCHES on a branch!
257 Please do not commit any patches to a branch you did not create
258 without the explicit permission of the person who created the branch.