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 configure.in and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
24 and not to the binutils list.
26 --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
28 The following people have permission to check patches into the
29 repository without obtaining approval first:
40 --------- Maintainers ---------
42 Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
43 permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
44 that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
45 the immediate domain that they maintain.
47 If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
48 falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
49 maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
50 maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
51 responsibility among the other maintainers.
99 --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
101 CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
102 disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
103 It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
104 is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
105 CGEN and the files that it creates.
107 If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
111 The current CGEN maintainers are:
113 Doug Evans, Ben Elliston, Frank Eigler
115 --------- Write After Approval ---------
117 Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
118 changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
119 one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
121 [It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
122 *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
123 remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
125 ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
127 Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
128 right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
129 The definition of obvious is a bit hazy, and if you are not sure, then
130 you should seek approval first. Obvious fixes include fixes for
131 spelling mistakes, blatantly incorrect code (where the correct code is
132 also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
133 small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
134 some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
136 --------- Branch Checkins ---------
138 If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
139 also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
140 only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
141 ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
142 burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
143 great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
144 the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
148 -------- Testsuites ---------------
150 In general patches to any of the binutils testsuites should be
151 considered generic and sent to the binutils mailing list for
152 approval. Patches to target specific tests are the responsibility the
153 relevent port maintainer(s), and can be approved/checked in by them.
154 Other testsuite patches need the approval of a blanket-write-priveleges
157 -------- Configure patches ----------
159 Patches to the top level configure files (config.sub & config.guess)
160 are not the domain of the binutils project and they cannot be approved
161 by the binutils group. Instead they should be submitted to the config