Re: MAINTAINERS in svn -- have it or no commit for you

["Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro" <gjc inescporto pt>]

On Sex, 2007-08-31 at 19:55 +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 12, 2007 at 01:55:35AM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 12:36:28AM +0200, Olav Vitters wrote:
> > > Note that the userid is really important. Otherwise ensure that the
> > > E-mail address is the one your @svn.g.o alias forwards to.
> > 
> > I've made an pre-commit script which detects if a module has a valid
> > /trunk/MAINTAINERS file. This currently isn't activated, however I might
> > do this in future.
> 
> This has now been enabled. Means you cannot commit to modules without a
> proper MAINTAINERS file. The rejection message points to an URL
> explaining this.

It is not nice to do this like this; you should make the pre-commit
script give only a warning, for a few months, but still allow commit.
Only after the warning period should commit be denied.

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Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
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