Re: [maint] sim and common

[Andrew Cagney <ac131313 at cygnus dot com>]

Did anyone else have a comment on this thread?

> At Wed, 06 Mar 2002 00:08:27 -0500, Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> I'm wondering if it would be helpful for sim specific maintainers (at least for sim/common based sims) to have implicit approval/write permission on the sim/common directory.
> 
> 
> Uh, I was assuming that in general we (sim maintainers) had write
> after approval perms, but that approval was still required.
> (Concerned by your "write permission" comment there.  Do tell me if
> i'm wrong.  8-)
> 
> Sim directory maintenance was, for a long time, very vague.  I'm trying to clarify things a little so that people that have a motivation to work in this directory can do so with little or no hinderance.  At the same time trying to ensure that a few basic procedures are followed.
> 
> I think part of this is ensuring that people directly affected by the infrastructure have a fairly free reign over it.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't mind someone else having responsibility for
> reviewing my 'common' patches.
> 
> Even if you have write privs on sim/common you're still free (encouraged?) to seek advice from others.  (Is this change a good idea?  In 20:20 hindsight was that bit a bad move?)
> 
> I'd like to make sure i'm not doing more damage than i intend, and i
> say 'responsibility' because if somebody doesn't consider it their
> responsibility well, then, it probably won't happen.
> 
> Just as long as the damage is limited to ``flesh wounds'' :-)  Whats the worst that could happen - something gets broken?  Oops!  Actually, I think that the worst that could happen is for the code's development to stagnate (unless, that is, there is no one that thinks it is useful).
> 
> enjoy,
> Andrew