Re: merging from gcc

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:53 AM, DJ Delorie <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I'm happy to enhance it or just replace it with a link if it's already
>> documented elsewhere.
>
> what we have is in src/MAINTAINERS:
>
> Makefile.*; configure; configure.ac; src-release
>         Any global maintainer can approve changes to these
>         files, but they should be aware that they need to
>         be kept in sync with their counterparts in the GCC
>         repository.  Also please notify the following of
>         any committed patches:
>                 [email protected]
>                 [email protected]
>
> config.guess; config.sub; readline/support/config.{sub,guess}
>         config: http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/config
>         Patches to [email protected].
>         Changes need to be done in tandem with the official CONFIG
>         sources or submitted to the master file maintainer and brought
>         in via a merge.  When updating any of these files, please be
>         sure to update all of them.
>         Please notify the following of any committed patches:
>                 [email protected]
>                 [email protected]
>
> include/
>         See binutils/, gdb/, sid/, gcc/, libiberty/ etc.
>
> intl/; config.rhost; libiberty/; libiberty's part of include/;
> compile; depcomp; install-sh; missing; ylwrap; config/
>         gcc: http://gcc.gnu.org
>         Changes need to be done in tandem with the official GCC
>         sources or submitted to the master file maintainer and brought
>         in via a merge.  Note: approved patches in gcc's libiberty or
>         intl are automatically approved in this libiberty and intl also;
>         feel free to merge them yourself if needed sooner than the next
>         merge.  Otherwise, changes are automatically merged, usually
>         within a day.
>
> libdecnumber/
>         See libiberty.  The master copy of this directory is in the GCC
>         repository.
>
>
> ltconfig; ltmain.sh; ltcf-*.sh
>         libtool: http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/
>         Changes need to be done in tandem with the official LIBTOOL
>         sources or submitted to the master file maintainer and brought
>         in via a merge.

I'd be happy if this text were added.

I will check it in if there are no objections.
I'm happy to change it as desired as well.

2013-11-11  Doug Evans  <[email protected]>

        * MAINTAINERS: Clarify ownership of include.

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index dd8601b..b09fbc0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ gdb/; readline/; sim/; GDB's part of include/
        See also gdb/MAINTAINERS and sim/MAINTAINERS.

 include/
-       See binutils/, gdb/, sid/, gcc/, libiberty/ etc.
+       The rule is that if the file exists in the gcc tree
+       then gcc owns it.  Thus you have to look at the gcc tree
+       to know whether any particular file is owned by gcc.
+       See also binutils/, gdb/, sid/, gcc/, libiberty/ etc.

 intl/; config.rhost; libiberty/; libiberty's part of include/
 compile; depcomp; install-sh; missing; ylwrap; config/