On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Richard Biener <richard.guent...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why remove ChangeLog files, web pages and comments? Either > enumerate everything or just enumerate nothing and simply say > "Obvious fixes can be committed without prior approval." Thanks, that's much better. I was trying to be more inclusive. Index: htdocs/svnwrite.html =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/gcc/wwwdocs/htdocs/svnwrite.html,v retrieving revision 1.29 diff -u -d -u -p -r1.29 svnwrite.html --- htdocs/svnwrite.html 24 Sep 2013 18:26:29 -0000 1.29 +++ htdocs/svnwrite.html 28 Nov 2013 14:26:54 -0000 @@ -147,10 +147,12 @@ list.</p> <p>The following changes can be made by everyone with SVN write access:</p> -<p>Fixes for obvious typos in ChangeLog files, docs, web pages, comments -and similar stuff. Just check in the fix and copy it to -<code>gcc-patches</code>. We don't want to get overly anal-retentive -about checkin policies.</p> +<p>Obvious fixes can be committed without prior approval. Just check +in the fix and copy it to <code>gcc-patches</code>. A good test to +determine whether a fix is obvious: <q>will the person who objects to +my work the most be able to find a fault with my fix?</q> If the fix +is later found to be faulty, it can always be rolled back. We don't +want to get overly restrictive about checkin policies.</p> <p>Similarly, no outside approval is needed to revert a patch that you checked in.</p>
