Re: [PATCH libdrm] Add basic CONTRIBUTING file

Dave Airlie
2018-09-04T06:24:44Z

On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 at 18:47, Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> wrote:
>
> I picked up a bunch of the pieces from wayland's version:
>
> https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
>
> The weston one is fairly similar. Then I rather massively trimmed it
> down since in reality libdrm is a bit a dumping ground with very few
> real rules. The commit rights and CoC sections I've copied verbatim
> from igt respectively drm-misc. Weston/Wayland only differ in their
> pick of how many patches you need (10 instead of 5). I think for
> libdrm this is supremely relevant, since most everyone will get their
> commit rights by contributing already to the kernel or mesa and having
> commit rights there already.
>
> Anyway, I figured this is good to get the rules documented, even if
> there's mostly not many rules.
>
> Note: This references maintainers in a MAINTAINERS file, which needs
> to be created first.
>
> Note: With the gitlab migration the entire commit rights process is
> still a bit up in the air. But gitlab commit rights and roles are
> hierarchical, so we can do libdrm-only maintainer/commiter roles
> ("Owner" and "Developer" in gitlab-speak). This should avoid
> conflating libdrm roles with mesa roles, useful for those pushing to
> libdrm as primarily kernel contributors.

Fine with me,

Acked-by: Dave Airlie <airlied@redhat.com>

Dave.
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