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MAINTAINERS: update guidelines
Update guidelines regarding updates to maintainers in the MAINTAINER file. Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <[email protected]>
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* Re-assigned by original assignee (see “Assignee” slide)
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* Updates to the MAINTAINERS file should be in a standalone PRs
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* In general, updates to the MAINTAINERS file should be
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in a standalone commit alongside other changes introducing new files and
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directories to the tree.
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* Major changes to the file, including the addition of new areas with new maintainers
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should come in as standalone pull-requests and require TSC review.
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* If additional review by the TSC is required, the maintainers of the file
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should send the requested changes to the TSC and give members of the TSC two
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(2) days to object to any of the changes to maintainership of areas or the
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addition of new maintainers or areas.
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* Path, collaborator and name changes do not require a review by the TSC.
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* Addition of new areas without a maintainer do not require review by the TSC.
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* The MAINTAINERS file itself shall have a maintainer
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* Architectures, core components, sub-systems, samples, tests
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