[MAINTAINERS] Define who can be maintainer and how to be added to the file

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Pierre Schweitzer 2018-09-10 18:47:29 +02:00
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@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ area of ReactOS. Being a maintainer means the following:
- that person has good knownledge in the area
- that person is able to enforce consistency in the area
- that person may be available for giving help in the area
- that person has push access on the repository
Being a maintainer does not mean the following:
- that person is dedicated to the area
- that person is working full-time on the area/on ReactOS
@ -25,7 +26,8 @@ from all the listed reviewers.
Also, when submitted a pull request on GitHub, rules defined in
CONTRIBUTING.md apply. And if the maintainer is not available and
reviewers approved the pull request, developers feeling confident
can merge the pull request.
can merge the pull request. Note that reviewers do not necessarily
have push access to the repository.
When submitting a bug report on Jira, if you want to be sure to have
a developer with skills in that area, write @nick from M people.
@ -37,6 +39,10 @@ managing local patches. He is not here to upstream code on your behalf.
As responsible, he may refuse a local patch if you did not try to
upstream your changes.
If you want to get listed in that file, either put yourself in the
file and push it, or open a pull request. You can also ask a person
who has push access to add yourself.
This file uses a similar format to the Linux kernel MAINTAINERS file.
Descriptions of section entries used here:
M: Primary maintainer. Assign them pull requests