From: Andrew Cagney Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 03:11:44 +0000 (+0000) Subject: * MAINTAINERS: Add ``The Obvious Fix Rule''. X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=58cfabe6f8b559d79be8946424e263e5ecc955f2;p=binutils-gdb.git * MAINTAINERS: Add ``The Obvious Fix Rule''. --- diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog index 130f1797883..5aa2f11ac3e 100644 --- a/gdb/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2001-02-06 Andrew Cagney + + * MAINTAINERS: Add ``The Obvious Fix Rule''. + 2001-02-06 Andrew Cagney * MAINTAINERS: Add Michael Snyder to Solaris/SPARC list. diff --git a/gdb/MAINTAINERS b/gdb/MAINTAINERS index 412c2fceaa0..764de675503 100644 --- a/gdb/MAINTAINERS +++ b/gdb/MAINTAINERS @@ -27,6 +27,20 @@ responsibility falls to the first maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that responsibility among the other maintainers. + The Obvious Fix Rule + +All maintainers listed in this file are allowed to check in obvious +fixes. + +An "obvious fix" means that there is no possibility that anyone will +disagree with the change. Something like bypassing an interface will +result in instantaneous and loud complaints. + +A good mental test is "will the person who hates my work the most be +able to find fault with the change" - if so, then it's not obvious and +needs to be posted first. :-) + + Target/Architecture: Generic ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) issues, API variants, CPU