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 Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
69 BUILD SYSTEM Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
70 CR16 M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
71 CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
72 CRX M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
73 DLX Nikolaos Kavvadias <nkavv@physics.auth.gr>
74 DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
75 FR30 Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
76 FRV Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
77 FRV Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
78 H8300 Prafulla Thakare <prafulla.thakare@kpitcummins.com>
79 HPPA Dave Anglin <dave.anglin@nrc.ca>
80 HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
81 HPPA elf64 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> [Basic maintainance only]
82 IA-64 Jim Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
83 IQ2000 Stan Cox <scox@redhat.com>
84 i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@rice.edu>
85 ix86 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
86 ix86 PE Christopher Faylor <me+binutils@cgf.cx>
87 ix86 COFF DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
88 ix86 PE/COFF Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com>
89 ix86 INTEL MODE Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
90 LM32 Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com>
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 s390, s390x Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
108 SCORE Mei Ligang <ligang@sunnorth.com.cn>
109 SH Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
110 SH Kaz Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
111 SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
112 SPU Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
113 TESTSUITES Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
114 TIC4X Svein Seldal <svein@dev.seldal.com>
115 TIC54X Timothy Wall <twall@alum.mit.edu>
116 VAX Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
117 VAX Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
118 VMS Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
119 x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
120 x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
121 x86_64 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
122 XCOFF Richard Sandiford <r.sandiford@uk.ibm.com>
123 Xtensa Sterling Augustine <sterling@tensilica.com>
124 z80 Arnold Metselaar <arnold.metselaar@planet.nl>
125 z8k Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org>
128 --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
130 CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
131 disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
132 It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
133 is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
134 CGEN and the files that it creates.
136 If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
140 The current CGEN maintainers are:
142 Doug Evans, Frank Eigler
144 --------- Write After Approval ---------
146 Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
147 changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
148 one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
150 [It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
151 *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
152 remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
154 ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
156 Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
157 right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
158 The definition of obvious is a bit hazy, and if you are not sure, then
159 you should seek approval first. Obvious fixes include fixes for
160 spelling mistakes, blatantly incorrect code (where the correct code is
161 also blatantly obvious), and so on. Obvious fixes should always be
162 small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
163 some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
165 --------- Branch Checkins ---------
167 If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
168 also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
169 only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
170 ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
171 burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
172 great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
173 the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
175 Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
177 -------- Testsuites ---------------
179 In general patches to any of the binutils testsuites should be
180 considered generic and sent to the binutils mailing list for
181 approval. Patches to target specific tests are the responsibility the
182 relevent port maintainer(s), and can be approved/checked in by them.
183 Other testsuite patches need the approval of a blanket-write-priveleges
186 -------- Configure patches ----------
188 Patches to the top level configure files (config.sub & config.guess)
189 are not the domain of the binutils project and they cannot be approved
190 by the binutils group. Instead they should be submitted to the config
193 config-patches@gnu.org
195 --------- Creating Branches ---------
197 Anyone with at least write-after-approval access may create a branch
198 to use for their own development purposes. In keeping with FSF
199 policies, all patches applied to such a branch must come from people
200 with appropriate copyright assignments on file. All legal
201 requirements that would apply to any other contribution apply equally
202 to contributions on a branch.
204 Before creating the branch, you should select a name for the branch of
207 binutils-<org>-<name>
209 where "org" is the initials of your organization, or your own initials
210 if you are acting as an individual. For example, for a branch created
211 by The GNUDist Company, "tgc" would be an appropriate choice for
212 "org". It's up to each organization to select an appropriate choice
213 for "name"; some organizations may use more structure than others, so
214 "name" may contain additional hyphens.
216 Suppose that The GNUDist Company was creating a branch to develop a
217 port of Binutils to the FullMonty processor. Then, an appropriate
218 choice of branch name would be:
222 A date stamp is not required as part of the name field, but some
223 organizations like to have one. If you do include the date, you
224 should follow these rules:
226 1. The date should be the date that the branch was created.
228 2. The date should be numerical and in the form YYYYMMDD.
232 binutils-tgc-fm_20050101
234 would be appropriate if the branch was created on January 1st, 2005.
236 Having selected the branch name, create the branch as follows:
238 1. Check out binutils, so that you have a CVS checkout corresponding
239 to the initial state of your branch.
243 cvs tag binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint
245 That tag will allow you, and others, to easily determine what's
246 changed on the branch relative to the initial state.
248 3. Create the branch:
250 cvs rtag -b -r binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint \
251 binutils-<org>-<name>-branch
253 4. Document the branch:
255 Add a description of the branch to binutils/BRANCHES, and check
256 that file in. All branch descriptions should be added to the
257 HEAD revision of the file; it doesn't help to modify
258 binutils/BRANCHES on a branch!
260 Please do not commit any patches to a branch you did not create
261 without the explicit permission of the person who created the branch.