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

[Olav Vitters <olav bkor dhs org>]

On Sat, Sep 01, 2007 at 04:06:07PM +0200, Murray Cumming wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 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.
> [snip]
> 
> Could you post that URL here, please, so we know the acceptable format
> for a MAINTAINERS file.

http://live.gnome.org/MaintainersCorner#maintainers

> I hope that I can still include a comment telling people to use the
> appropriate mailing list instead of emailing me directly.

Yes. See above URL for how to do it. The intention is to put all
maintainer info in LDAP and ensuring the email addresses are correct.
This so you can be privately contacted regarding account creation (and
other maintainer related info in future as well).

Note that having this info is not meant as a replacement for things like
devel-announce-list. Just regarding contacting the maintainer(s) of a
specific module... and knowing who they are.
-- 
Regards,
Olav