svn commit: r50674 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide

Author: mat
Date: Mon Aug 14 15:12:13 2017
New Revision: 50674
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/50674

Log:
  Add a question about what the blanket approvals on the quarterly branch
  are.
  
  Reviewed by:	bcr
  Sponsored by:	Absolight
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12024

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml	Mon Aug 14 14:59:20 2017	(r50673)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/committers-guide/article.xml	Mon Aug 14 15:12:13 2017	(r50674)
@@ -4518,6 +4518,69 @@ Relnotes:           yes</programlisting>
 	  </answer>
 	</qandaentry>
 
+	<qandaentry xml:id="ports-qa-blanket">
+	  <question>
+	    <para>Are there any changes that can be committed without
+	      approval?</para>
+	  </question>
+
+	  <answer>
+	    <para>The following blanket approvals are in effect:</para>
+
+	    <itemizedlist>
+
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>Fixes that do not result in a change in contents
+		  of the resulting package.  For example:</para>
+
+		<itemizedlist>
+		  <listitem>
+		    <para><filename>pkg-descr</filename>:
+		      <literal>WWW:</literal> URL updates (existing
+		      404, moved or incorrect)</para> 
+		  </listitem>
+		</itemizedlist>
+	      </listitem>
+
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>Build, runtime or packaging fixes, if the
+		  quarterly branch version is currently broken.</para>
+
+		<important>
+		  <para>These fixes <emphasis>must</emphasis> be
+		    tested on the quarterly branch.</para>
+		</important>
+	      </listitem>
+
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>Missing dependencies (detected, linked against
+		  but not registered via
+		  <varname><replaceable>*</replaceable>_DEPENDS</varname>).</para>
+	      </listitem>
+
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>Fixing <link
+		    xlink:href="&url.books.porters-handbook;/uses-shebangfix.html">shebangs</link>,
+		  stripping installed libraries and binaries, and
+		  plist fixes.</para>
+	      </listitem>
+
+	      <listitem>
+		<para>Backport of security and reliability fixes which
+		  only result in <varname>PORTREVISION</varname> bumps
+		  and no changes to enabled features.  for example,
+		  adding a patch fixing a buffer overflow.</para>
+	      </listitem>
+	    </itemizedlist>
+
+	    <important>
+	      <para>No unauthorized commits can ever be made without
+		approval of either &a.ports-secteam; or
+		&a.portmgr;.</para>
+	    </important>
+	  </answer>
+	</qandaentry>
+
 	<qandaentry xml:id="ports-qa-misc-commit-mfh">
 	  <question>
 	    <para>What is the procedure for merging commits to the
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