1 CVS Development Policies
3 This file, DEVEL-CVS, contains the policies by which the CVS
4 development group operates. Also see the HACKING file.
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7 Charter for the devel-cvs mailing list:
9 The CVS Developers' List <devel-cvs@cyclic.com> exists to help people
10 with access to the CVS source repository co-ordinate changes, make
11 releases, and administer the repository.
13 Everyone who has been given checkin access to the repository for the
14 CVS sources should read devel-cvs. Only those with checkin access may
15 send messages to the list.
17 The devel-cvs list may be used to discuss:
18 - administrivia regarding the CVS source repository and release
20 - changes and features intended for inclusion in the official CVS
21 release (either source code or documentation), which someone plans
22 to implement, or has implemented.
24 The devel-cvs list should not be used to discuss:
25 - changes or features to packages other than the CVS release
26 (e.g., related packages like tkCVS, RAD/CVS, or other groups'
27 distributions of CVS, like RCVS, etc.),
28 - changes which nobody has offered to implement, or
29 - the philosophy of CVS (as opposed to a specific change to CVS).
30 These topics should either go on info-cvs, or have a new mailing list
33 The topic restrictions in this charter do not reflect the development
34 group's future plans for CVS; rather, they reflect a topic
35 classification which the group finds helpful.
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38 Policies regarding the CVS source repository:
40 By checking items into the repository, developers agree to permit
41 distribution of such items under the terms of the GNU Public License.
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44 Procedure for dealing with people who want to be developers:
46 People who want checkin access are first requested to send
47 patches and have them reviewed by a developer. If they submit some
48 good ones (preferably over a period of time, to demonstrate sustained
49 interest), then one of the developers can ask the devel-cvs mailing
50 list whether it is OK to make this person a developer (after first
51 sending the prospective developer a copy of this file and then having
52 the prospective developer say they want to be a developer). If there
53 are no objections, the person will be made a developer.
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56 Policy regarding checkout-only access:
58 Checkout-only access to the CVS repository is available to all, on an
59 anonymous basis (no need for registration or other complications).
60 The exact technical mechanisms by which it is available are not
61 covered by this policy.