Re: Add myself to MAINTAINERS

[Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>]

On Thu, 18 May 2006, Paul Brook wrote:
> I'd say the fact that someone has been granted write access to the 
> repository counts as pre-approval.

Absolutely.

> From http://gcc.gnu.org/svnwrite.html#authenticated
> 
> "Once we have this information we will set up an account on gcc.gnu.org and 
> inform you by mail. At this point you should be able to check out a tree with 
> SVN and add yourself to the MAINTAINERS file to test write access, following 
> the instructions below"
> 
> Admittedly "following instructions below" is somewhat vague, but I was 
> under the impression that anyone with write-after-approval access should 
> automatically add themselves to the MAINTAINERS file.

Should as in RFC lingo, yes.  Do you have a proposal on how to improve
wording of this page, Paul (or Mark)?  We want our documentation to be
as clear as possible.

Gerald