========= Binutils Maintainers =========
This is the list of individuals responsible for maintenance and update
-of the "binutils" module, which includes the bfd, binutils, include,
-gas, gprof, ld, and opcodes subdirectories. The home page for binutils
-is http://sources.redhat.com/binutils/ and patches should be sent to
-binutils@sources.redhat.com with "[patch]" as part of the subject.
+of the GNU Binary Utilities project. This includes the linker (ld),
+the assembler (gas), the profiler (gprof), a whole suite of other
+programs (binutils) and the libraries that they use (bfd and
+opcodes). This project shares a common set of header files with the
+GCC and GDB projects (include), so maintainership of those files is
+shared amoungst the projects.
-Note - patches to the top level configure.in and config.sub scripts
-should be sent to config-patches@gnu.org and not to the binutils list.
+The home page for binutils is:
+
+ http://www.gnu.org/software/binutils/binutils.html
+
+and patches should be sent to:
+
+ binutils@sourceware.org
+
+with "[Patch]" as part of the subject line. Note - patches to the
+top level config.guess and config.sub scripts should be sent to:
+
+ config-patches@gnu.org
+
+and not to the binutils lists. Patches to the other top level
+configure files (configure, configure.in, config-ml.in) should
+be sent to the binutils lists, and copied to the gcc and gdb
+lists as well (gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org and
+gdb-patches@sourceware.org).
--------- Blanket Write Privs ---------
-Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
-Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
-Ian Taylor <ian@zembu.com>
-Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
-Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-Michael Meissner <meissner@redhat.com>
+The following people have permission to check patches into the
+repository without obtaining approval first:
+
+ Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com> (head maintainer)
+ Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
+ Ian Lance Taylor <ian@airs.com>
+ Jeff Law <law@redhat.com>
+ Jim Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
+ DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ Michael Meissner <gnu@the-meissners.org>
+ Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
- --------- Maintainers ---------
+ --------- Maintainers ---------
-Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have permission
-to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note that
-maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of the
-immediate domain that they maintain.
+Maintainers are individuals who are responsible for, and have
+permission to check in changes in, certain subsets of the code. Note
+that maintainers still need approval to check in changes outside of
+the immediate domain that they maintain.
If there is no maintainer for a given domain then the responsibility
-falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several maintainers
-for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first maintainer.
-The first maintainer is free to devolve that responsibility among the
-other maintainers.
-
-ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
-AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
-CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
-HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-IA64 Jim Wilson <wilson@redhat.com>
-i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@redhat.com>
-ix86 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
-ix86 COFF,PE DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
-ix86 H.J.Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
-ix86 INTEL MODE Diego Novillo <dnovillo@redhat.com>
-MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@redhat.com>
-M88k Ben Elliston <bje@redhat.com>
-PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@redhat.com>
-SH Jörn Rennecke <amylaar@redhat.com>
-SH Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
-SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
-68HC11 68HC12 Stephane Carrez <Stephane.Carrez@worldnet.fr>
-DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
-x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
-x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
-
- --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
+falls to the head maintainer (above). If there are several
+maintainers for a given domain then responsibility falls to the first
+maintainer. The first maintainer is free to devolve that
+responsibility among the other maintainers.
+
+ ALPHA Richard Henderson <rth@redhat.com>
+ ARM Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+ ARM Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@arm.com>
+ ARM Paul Brook <paul@codesourcery.com>
+ ARM (Symbian) Mark Mitchell <mark@codesourcery.com>
+ AVR Denis Chertykov <denisc@overta.ru>
+ AVR Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@amelek.gda.pl>
+ BFIN Jie Zhang <jie.zhang@analog.com>
+ BFIN Bernd Schmidt <bernd.schmidt@analog.com>
+ BUILD SYSTEM Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
+ BUILD SYSTEM Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
+ CR16 M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
+ CRIS Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@axis.com>
+ CRX M R Swami Reddy <MR.Swami.Reddy@nsc.com>
+ DLX Nikolaos Kavvadias <nkavv@physics.auth.gr>
+ DWARF2 Jason Merrill <jason@redhat.com>
+ FR30 Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
+ FRV Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
+ FRV Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
+ H8300 Prafulla Thakare <prafulla.thakare@kpitcummins.com>
+ HPPA Dave Anglin <dave.anglin@nrc.ca>
+ HPPA elf32 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ HPPA elf64 Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> [Basic maintainance only]
+ IA-64 Jim Wilson <wilson@tuliptree.org>
+ IQ2000 Stan Cox <scox@redhat.com>
+ i860 Jason Eckhardt <jle@rice.edu>
+ ix86 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
+ ix86 PE Christopher Faylor <me+binutils@cgf.cx>
+ ix86 COFF DJ Delorie <dj@redhat.com>
+ ix86 INTEL MODE Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
+ LM32 Jon Beniston <jon@beniston.com>
+ M68HC11 M68HC12 Stephane Carrez <stcarrez@nerim.fr>
+ M88k Mark Kettenis <kettenis@gnu.org>
+ MAXQ Inderpreet Singh <inderpreetb@noida.hcltech.com>
+ MEP Dave Brolley <brolley@redhat.com>
+ MIPS Eric Christopher <echristo@apple.com>
+ MMIX Hans-Peter Nilsson <hp@bitrange.com>
+ MN10300 Eric Christopher <echristo@apple.com>
+ MN10300 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
+ MSP430 Dmitry Diky <diwil@spec.ru>
+ NetBSD support Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
+ PPC Geoff Keating <geoffk@geoffk.org>
+ PPC Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ PPC vector ext Aldy Hernandez <aldyh@redhat.com>
+ s390, s390x Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
+ SCORE Mei Ligang <ligang@sunnorth.com.cn>
+ SH Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
+ SH Kaz Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp>
+ SPARC Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
+ SPU Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>
+ TESTSUITES Ben Elliston <bje@gnu.org>
+ TIC4X Svein Seldal <svein@dev.seldal.com>
+ TIC54X Timothy Wall <twall@alum.mit.edu>
+ VAX Matt Thomas <matt@netbsd.org>
+ VAX Jan-Benedict Glaw <jbglaw@lug-owl.de>
+ VMS Tristan Gingold <gingold@adacore.com>
+ x86_64 Jan Hubicka <jh@suse.cz>
+ x86_64 Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
+ x86_64 H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
+ Xtensa Sterling Augustine <sterling@tensilica.com>
+ z80 Arnold Metselaar <arnold.metselaar@planet.nl>
+ z8k Christian Groessler <chris@groessler.org>
+
+
+ --------- CGEN Maintainers -------------
CGEN is a tool for building, amongst other things, assemblers,
-disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU. It
-creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it is
-mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains CGEN and
-the files that it creates.
+disassemblers and simulators from a single description of a CPU.
+It creates files in several of the binutils directories, but it
+is mentioned here since there is a single group that maintains
+CGEN and the files that it creates.
If you have CGEN related problems you can send email to;
- cgen@sources.redhat.com
+ cgen@sourceware.org
The current CGEN maintainers are:
- Doug Evans, Ben Elliston, Frank Eigler
+ Doug Evans, Frank Eigler
- --------- Write After Approval ---------
+ --------- Write After Approval ---------
Individuals with "write after approval" have the ability to check in
changes, but they must get approval for each change from someone in
one of the above lists (blanket write or maintainers).
[It's a huge list, folks. You know who you are. If you have the
- *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just remember
- to get approval before checking anything in.]
+ *ability* to do binutils checkins, you're in this group. Just
+ remember to get approval before checking anything in.]
- ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
+ ------------- Obvious Fixes -------------
Fixes for obvious mistakes do not need approval, and can be checked in
right away, but the patch should still be sent to the binutils list.
small, the larger they are, the more likely it is that they contain
some un-obvious side effect or consequence.
- --------- Branch Checkins ---------
+ --------- Branch Checkins ---------
If a patch is approved for check in to the mainline sources, it can
also be checked into the current release branch. Normally however
only bug fixes should be applied to the branch. New features, new
ports, etc, should be restricted to the mainline. (Otherwise the
-burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
+burden of maintaining the branch in sync with the mainline becomes too
great). If you are uncertain as to whether a patch is appropriate for
the branch, ask the branch maintainer. This is:
- Philip Blundell <philb@gnu.org>
+ Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>
+
+ -------- Testsuites ---------------
+
+In general patches to any of the binutils testsuites should be
+considered generic and sent to the binutils mailing list for
+approval. Patches to target specific tests are the responsibility the
+relevent port maintainer(s), and can be approved/checked in by them.
+Other testsuite patches need the approval of a blanket-write-priveleges
+person.
+
+ -------- Configure patches ----------
+
+Patches to the top level configure files (config.sub & config.guess)
+are not the domain of the binutils project and they cannot be approved
+by the binutils group. Instead they should be submitted to the config
+maintainer at:
+
+ config-patches@gnu.org
+
+ --------- Creating Branches ---------
+
+Anyone with at least write-after-approval access may create a branch
+to use for their own development purposes. In keeping with FSF
+policies, all patches applied to such a branch must come from people
+with appropriate copyright assignments on file. All legal
+requirements that would apply to any other contribution apply equally
+to contributions on a branch.
+
+Before creating the branch, you should select a name for the branch of
+the form:
+
+ binutils-<org>-<name>
+
+where "org" is the initials of your organization, or your own initials
+if you are acting as an individual. For example, for a branch created
+by The GNUDist Company, "tgc" would be an appropriate choice for
+"org". It's up to each organization to select an appropriate choice
+for "name"; some organizations may use more structure than others, so
+"name" may contain additional hyphens.
+
+Suppose that The GNUDist Company was creating a branch to develop a
+port of Binutils to the FullMonty processor. Then, an appropriate
+choice of branch name would be:
+
+ binutils-tgc-fm
+
+A date stamp is not required as part of the name field, but some
+organizations like to have one. If you do include the date, you
+should follow these rules:
+
+1. The date should be the date that the branch was created.
+
+2. The date should be numerical and in the form YYYYMMDD.
+
+For example:
+
+ binutils-tgc-fm_20050101
+
+would be appropriate if the branch was created on January 1st, 2005.
+
+Having selected the branch name, create the branch as follows:
+
+1. Check out binutils, so that you have a CVS checkout corresponding
+ to the initial state of your branch.
+
+2. Create a tag:
+
+ cvs tag binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint
+
+ That tag will allow you, and others, to easily determine what's
+ changed on the branch relative to the initial state.
+
+3. Create the branch:
+
+ cvs rtag -b -r binutils-<org>-<name>-branchpoint \
+ binutils-<org>-<name>-branch
+
+4. Document the branch:
+
+ Add a description of the branch to binutils/BRANCHES, and check
+ that file in. All branch descriptions should be added to the
+ HEAD revision of the file; it doesn't help to modify
+ binutils/BRANCHES on a branch!
+
+Please do not commit any patches to a branch you did not create
+without the explicit permission of the person who created the branch.
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