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.
79 --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
81 CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
82 disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
83 It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
84 is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
85 CGEN and the files that it creates.
87 If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
91 The current CGEN maintainers are:
93 Doug Evans, Ben Elliston, Frank Eigler
95 --------- Write After Approval ---------
97 Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
98 changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
99 one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
101 [It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
102 *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
103 remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
105 ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
107 Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
108 right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
109 The definition of obvious is a bit hazy, and if you are not sure, then
110 you should seek approval first. Obvious fixes include fixes for
111 spelling mistakes, blatantly incorrect code (where the correct code is
112 also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
113 small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
114 some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
116 --------- Branch Checkins ---------
118 If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
119 also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
120 only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
121 ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
122 burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
123 great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
124 the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is: