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Re: GCC 3.0 Branch: Guidelines
>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph S Myers <jsm28@cam.ac.uk> writes:
Joseph> On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Mark Mitchell wrote:
>> - Some other miscellaneous, but worthwhile goal.
>>
>> I'm not really sure what these would be, but they might include
>> making the compiler easier to configure, improving the packaging,
>> fixing version numbers associated with various things, or what
>> have you. Let's take these case by case.
Joseph> Could improving the documentation be one of the goals allowed for patches
Joseph> on the branch - on the basis that documentation improvements are unlikely
Joseph> to break things?
Yes.
>> Check-in Authority
>> ==================
>>
>> All the usual maintainers can (and should!) approve patches for the
>> branch, following the guidelines above.
Joseph> Does the "obvious fix" rule still apply on the branch?
Yes -- but be especially stringent when considering obviousness.
Thank you,
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