From owner-cvs-all Thu Mar 15 13: 9:41 2001 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from harmony.village.org (rover.bsdimp.com [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78A637B742; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 13:09:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f2FL9S925102; Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:09:28 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Message-Id: <200103152109.f2FL9S925102@harmony.village.org> To: Bill Fumerola Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/make Makefile Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:02:31 CST." <20010315150231.B362@elvis.mu.org> References: <20010315150231.B362@elvis.mu.org> <200103151033.f2FAX1q89921@freefall.freebsd.org> <200103151656.f2FGuF923193@harmony.village.org> Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 14:09:28 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20010315150231.B362@elvis.mu.org> Bill Fumerola writes: : On Thu, Mar 15, 2001 at 09:56:15AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: : > In message <200103151033.f2FAX1q89921@freefall.freebsd.org> Bill Fumerola writes: : > : remove the concept of a 'maintainer' of our make. there really isn't a : > : need for any one committer to hold an exclusive lock or serve as a filter : > : for this code. : > : > MAINTAINTER isn't an exclusive lock. : : No, but it can be used to assert one (see previous discussions re: vinum, isp, etc). Recent discussions tend to point out that MAINTAINER has gone badly awry and that asserting MAINTAINERship as anything like an exclusive lock should only be done in rare instances (new code, code being maintained out, complex code people have a history of breaking). Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message