On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 2:11 PM M Hickford <mirth.hickf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Nov 2022 at 19:39, Ian Lance Taylor <i...@golang.org> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 11:28 AM M Hickford <mirth.hickf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > https://dev.golang.org/owners list primary and secondary owners, but > > > doesn't explain what this means. What do primaries and secondaries do? > > > > It's pretty informal. For most packages primary owners are people who > > take responsibility for the future direction of the package, including > > any major changes. Secondary owners are people who are familiar with > > the package and are willing to review bug fixes. But there are no > > strict rules or even guidelines. > > > > It's mostly used to add reviewers to incoming Gerritt changes. > > > > Ian > > Thanks. Does it affect who can approve a change? Or can any Go > maintainer approve any change in any path? > https://go.dev/doc/contribute#votes
At present any maintainer (anybody with +2 rights) can approve any change in any path. In https://go.dev/issue/53383 we raised the possibility of some people only having +2 rights over certain files (those that are specific to a GOOS and/or GOARCH) but that has not been implemented. Ian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/CAOyqgcWjrbcQzJeVFsouRBJTH9bOn46Pe%3DnLgUtZWi00vmAejg%40mail.gmail.com.
