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authorCornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com>2018-10-26 12:57:11 +0200
committerPeter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>2018-11-19 11:19:23 +0000
commit9436e082de18b2fb2ceed2e9d1beef641ae64f23 (patch)
tree977b4fae0260ea5d9dd8783a62cf609959320a42 /MAINTAINERS
parentd1b3b1ee9d9a511aee1bd261f68651bbdae6bf18 (diff)
MAINTAINERS: clarify some of the tags
The MAINTAINERS file is a bit sparse on information about what the different designators are. Let's add some more information to give contributors a better idea about what the different roles are. Signed-off-by: Cornelia Huck <cohuck@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com> Message-id: 20181026105711.29605-1-cohuck@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
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@@ -12,9 +12,14 @@ consult qemu-devel and not any specific individual privately.
Descriptions of section entries:
M: Mail patches to: FullName <address@domain>
+ Maintainers are looking after a certain area and must be CCed on
+ patches. They are considered the main contact point.
R: Designated reviewer: FullName <address@domain>
These reviewers should be CCed on patches.
+ Reviewers are familiar with the subject matter and provide feedback
+ even though they are not maintainers.
L: Mailing list that is relevant to this area
+ These lists should be CCed on patches.
W: Web-page with status/info
Q: Patchwork web based patch tracking system site
T: SCM tree type and location. Type is one of: git, hg, quilt, stgit.