From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Shawn O. Pearce" Subject: [PATCH] Point out merged submodule maintainers as better addresses for patches Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:20 -0500 Message-ID: <20071227041220.GA22256@spearce.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: Junio C Hamano , paulus@samba.org X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Thu Dec 27 05:13:06 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.176.167]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1J7k7F-0003Di-0B for gcvg-git-2@gmane.org; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 05:13:05 +0100 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751999AbXL0EMg (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751899AbXL0EMg (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:36 -0500 Received: from corvette.plexpod.net ([64.38.20.226]:55986 "EHLO corvette.plexpod.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751842AbXL0EMf (ORCPT ); Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:35 -0500 Received: from cpe-74-70-48-173.nycap.res.rr.com ([74.70.48.173] helo=asimov.home.spearce.org) by corvette.plexpod.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1J7k6V-0003vW-V7; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:20 -0500 Received: by asimov.home.spearce.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A0FEC20FBAE; Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:12:20 -0500 (EST) Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - corvette.plexpod.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spearce.org Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: Junio doesn't directly manage the git-gui or gitk-git subdirectories within git.git; these are currently managed by other individuals and then periodically merged to git.git. Users often send patches to Junio for these directories when they should be directed at the current maintainer instead, so we should point out these special cases in the SubmittingPatches documentation. Signed-off-by: Shawn O. Pearce --- Just a suggestion. Might help people who are new to the Git community to get involved. Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 8 +++++++- 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index de08d09..b7c886c 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -34,10 +34,16 @@ Checklist (and a short version for the impatient): - if your name is not writable in ASCII, make sure that you send off a message in the correct encoding. - send the patch to the list (git@vger.kernel.org) and the - maintainer (gitster@pobox.com). If you use + active maintainer (see below). If you use git-send-email(1), please test it first by sending email to yourself. + Active maintainers: + + - git-gui/ submodule: spearce@spearce.org + - gitk-git/ submodule: paulus@samba.org + - Everything else: gitster@pobox.com + Long version: I started reading over the SubmittingPatches document for Linux -- 1.5.4.rc2.1097.gb6e0d