From a6388616e826437acd749e81671b386e0609f549 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Niedermayer Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 23:02:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] doc/developer: Add a policy item about updating the MAINTAINERs file Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer --- doc/developer.texi | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi index 71f4978d49..9c72c44907 100644 --- a/doc/developer.texi +++ b/doc/developer.texi @@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ If it is a bug, the bug has to be fixed. If it is not, the code should be changed to not generate a warning unless that causes a slowdown or obfuscates the code. +@item +Make sure that no parts of the codebase that you maintain are missing from the +@file{MAINTAINERS} file. If something that you want to maintain is missing add it with +your name after it. +If at some point you no longer want to maintain some code, then please help +finding a new maintainer and also don't forget updating the @file{MAINTAINERS} file. @end enumerate We think our rules are not too hard. If you have comments, contact us.