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author | Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@intel.com> | 2015-02-02 09:54:26 +0200 |
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committer | Johan Hedberg <johan.hedberg@intel.com> | 2015-02-02 09:54:26 +0200 |
commit | 11ba1d7233fa117ffa525ccc26556372221158f5 (patch) | |
tree | bac11a51c980f2976ef49f0209e5271b28dc2002 /doc/maintainer-guidelines.txt | |
parent | 1fb2b9035e53630591f5139e0c7740f6b189c0b5 (diff) | |
download | bluez-11ba1d7233fa117ffa525ccc26556372221158f5.tar.gz |
maintainer-guidelines: Add rule for new files
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diff --git a/doc/maintainer-guidelines.txt b/doc/maintainer-guidelines.txt index 3358c45ff..b1c6b3a57 100644 --- a/doc/maintainer-guidelines.txt +++ b/doc/maintainer-guidelines.txt @@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ repositories. Violations of this rule create a mess in the tree that can not be reversed. If in doubt ask one of the seasoned maintainers. + Rule 3: Enforce correct coding style ==================================== @@ -87,3 +88,17 @@ do this: --ignore CAMELCASE,NEW_TYPEDEFS,INITIALISED_STATIC - The above assumes that a kernel tree resides in ~/src/linux/. + + +Rule 4: Pay extra attention to adding new files to the tree +=========================================================== + +New files that are added to the tree require several things to be +verified first: + + - Check that the names are acceptible with other maintainers + - Ensure that the file modes are correct + - Verify that the license & copyright headers are correct + - If the file is supposed to be part of the release taraball, + make sure that it gets picked up by 'make dist' (particularly + important for documentation or other files that are not code) |