From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 19056 invoked by alias); 4 Jun 2004 20:13:15 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 18902 invoked from network); 4 Jun 2004 20:13:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO cgf.cx) (66.30.22.40) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 4 Jun 2004 20:13:13 -0000 Received: by cgf.cx (Postfix, from userid 201) id 1567D400244; Fri, 4 Jun 2004 16:13:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 20:13:00 -0000 From: Christopher Faylor To: gdb@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: [maint] [maint] Michael Chastain for testsuite Message-ID: <20040604201312.GA6983@coe.casa.cgf.cx> Mail-Followup-To: gdb@sources.redhat.com References: <40C0D2E4.9060108@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <40C0D2E4.9060108@gnu.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SW-Source: 2004-06/txt/msg00029.txt.bz2 On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 03:52:04PM -0400, Andrew Cagney wrote: >Michael Chastain has been nominated for the role of testsuite >maintainer, taking over responsibility for all the open areas of the >testsuite (config, lib, gdb.base etc.). In addition, it has been >proposed that the `global maintainers' serve as backup to Michael in >these areas (Michael has already indicated that he is ok with this). > >Thoughts? I'll table this for a week. FWIW, I know that Michael will be active in improving the test suite and that is a *good thing* (tm). I think this is a great idea. Having the global maintainers serve as backup seems like an ok idea as long as Michael agrees to exercise some oversight. If we have someone as a maintainer then it seems like their area of maintainership should reflect their vision, i.e. you can't just give carte blanche to a group people to do whatever they want in that arena. So, the global maintainers would, I hope, show some restraint in making changes to the test suite and always solicit Michael's opinion, deferring to him when he has objections, or giving him adequate time to voice objections before making changes. I know that this goes without saying but I thought I'd say it anyway. :-) cgf