1 ========= Binutils Maintainers =========
3 This is the list of individuals responsible for maintenance and update
4 of the GNU Binary Utilities project. This includes the linker (ld),
5 the assembler (gas), the profiler (gprof), a whole suite of other
6 programs (binutils) and the libraries that they use (bfd and
7 opcodes). This project shares a common set of header files with the
8 GCC and GDB projects (include), so maintainership of those files is
9 shared amoungst the projects.
11 The home page for binutils is:
13 http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
15 and patches should be sent to:
17 binutils@sourceware.org
19 with "[Patch]" as part of the subject line. Note - patches to the
20 top level config.guess and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
22 config-patches@gnu.org
24 and not to the binutils lists. Patches to the other top level
25 configure files (configure, configure.in, config-ml.in) should
26 be sent to the binutils lists, and copied to the gcc and gdb
27 lists as well (gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org and
28 gdb-patches@sourceware.org).
30 --------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
32 The following people have permission to check patches into the
33 repository without obtaining approval first:
35 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
36 Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
37 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
38 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
39 Jim Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
40 DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
41 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
42 Michael Meissner <gnu@the-meissners.org>
43 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
44 Richard Sandiford <rdsandiford@googlemail.com>
46 --------- Maintainers ---------
48 Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
49 permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
50 that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
51 the immediate domain that they maintain.
53 If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
54 falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
55 maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
56 maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
57 responsibility among the other maintainers.
59 ALPHA Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
60 ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
61 ARM Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
62 ARM Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
63 ARM (Symbian) Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
64 AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
65 AVR Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@amelek.gda.pl>
66 BFIN Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>
67 BFIN Bernd Schmidt <bernd.schmidt@analog.com>
68 BUILD SYSTEM Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
69 CR16 M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
70 CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
71 CRX M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
72 DLX Nikolaos Kavvadias <nkavv@physics.auth.gr>
73 DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
74 FR30 Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
75 FRV Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
76 FRV Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
77 H8300 Prafulla Thakare <prafulla.thakare@kpitcummins.com>
78 HPPA Dave Anglin <dave.anglin@nrc.ca>
79 HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
80 HPPA elf64 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> [Basic maintainance only]
81 IA-64 Jim Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
82 IQ2000 Stan Cox <scox@redhat.com>
83 i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@rice.edu>
84 ix86 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
85 ix86 PE Christopher Faylor <me+binutils@cgf.cx>
86 ix86 COFF DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
87 ix86 PE/COFF Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com>
88 ix86 INTEL MODE Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
89 LM32 Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com>
90 M32R Doug Evans <dje@sebabeach.org>
91 M68HC11 M68HC12 Stephane Carrez <stcarrez@nerim.fr>
92 M88k Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
93 MACH-O Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
94 MAXQ Inderpreet Singh <inderpreetb@noida.hcltech.com>
95 MEP Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
96 MICROBLAZE Michael Eager <eager@eagercon.com>
97 MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@apple.com>
98 MMIX Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
99 MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@apple.com>
100 MN10300 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
101 Moxie Anthony Green <green@moxielogic.com>
102 MSP430 Dmitry Diky <diwil@spec.ru>
103 NetBSD support Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
104 PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>
105 PPC Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
106 PPC vector ext Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
107 RX DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
108 RX Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
109 s390, s390x Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
110 SCORE Mei Ligang <ligang@sunnorth.com.cn>
111 SH Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
112 SH Kaz Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
113 SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
114 SPU Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
115 TIC4X Svein Seldal <svein@dev.seldal.com>
116 TIC54X Timothy Wall <twall@alum.mit.edu>
117 VAX Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
118 VAX Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
119 VMS Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
120 x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
121 x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
122 x86_64 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
123 XCOFF Richard Sandiford <r.sandiford@uk.ibm.com>
124 Xtensa Sterling Augustine <sterling@tensilica.com>
125 z80 Arnold Metselaar <arnold.metselaar@planet.nl>
126 z8k Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org>
129 --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
131 CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
132 disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
133 It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
134 is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
135 CGEN and the files that it creates.
137 If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
141 The current CGEN maintainers are:
143 Doug Evans, Frank Eigler
145 --------- Write After Approval ---------
147 Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
148 changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
149 one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
151 [It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
152 *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
153 remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
155 ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
157 Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
158 right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
159 The definition of obvious is a bit hazy, and if you are not sure, then
160 you should seek approval first. Obvious fixes include fixes for
161 spelling mistakes, blatantly incorrect code (where the correct code is
162 also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
163 small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
164 some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
166 --------- Branch Checkins ---------
168 If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
169 also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
170 only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
171 ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
172 burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
173 great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
174 the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
176 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
178 -------- Testsuites ---------------
180 In general patches to any of the binutils testsuites should be
181 considered generic and sent to the binutils mailing list for
182 approval. Patches to target specific tests are the responsibility the
183 relevent port maintainer(s), and can be approved/checked in by them.
184 Other testsuite patches need the approval of a blanket-write-priveleges
187 -------- Configure patches ----------
189 Patches to the top level configure files (config.sub & config.guess)
190 are not the domain of the binutils project and they cannot be approved
191 by the binutils group. Instead they should be submitted to the config
194 config-patches@gnu.org
196 --------- Creating Branches ---------
198 Anyone with at least write-after-approval access may create a branch
199 to use for their own development purposes. In keeping with FSF
200 policies, all patches applied to such a branch must come from people
201 with appropriate copyright assignments on file. All legal
202 requirements that would apply to any other contribution apply equally
203 to contributions on a branch.
205 Before creating the branch, you should select a name for the branch of
208 binutils-<org>-<name>
210 where "org" is the initials of your organization, or your own initials
211 if you are acting as an individual. For example, for a branch created
212 by The GNUDist Company, "tgc" would be an appropriate choice for
213 "org". It's up to each organization to select an appropriate choice
214 for "name"; some organizations may use more structure than others, so
215 "name" may contain additional hyphens.
217 Suppose that The GNUDist Company was creating a branch to develop a
218 port of Binutils to the FullMonty processor. Then, an appropriate
219 choice of branch name would be:
223 A date stamp is not required as part of the name field, but some
224 organizations like to have one. If you do include the date, you
225 should follow these rules:
227 1. The date should be the date that the branch was created.
229 2. The date should be numerical and in the form YYYYMMDD.
233 binutils-tgc-fm_20050101
235 would be appropriate if the branch was created on January 1st, 2005.
237 Having selected the branch name, create the branch as follows:
239 1. Check out binutils, so that you have a CVS checkout corresponding
240 to the initial state of your branch.
244 cvs tag binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint
246 That tag will allow you, and others, to easily determine what's
247 changed on the branch relative to the initial state.
249 3. Create the branch:
251 cvs rtag -b -r binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint \
252 binutils-<org>-<name>-branch
254 4. Document the branch:
256 Add a description of the branch to binutils/BRANCHES, and check
257 that file in. All branch descriptions should be added to the
258 HEAD revision of the file; it doesn't help to modify
259 binutils/BRANCHES on a branch!
261 Please do not commit any patches to a branch you did not create
262 without the explicit permission of the person who created the branch.