| 1 | CVS Development Policies |
| 2 | |
| 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 | Policies regarding the CVS source repository: |
| 8 | |
| 9 | By checking items into the repository, developers agree to permit |
| 10 | distribution of such items under the terms of the GNU Public License. |
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| 13 | Procedure for dealing with people who want to be developers: |
| 14 | |
| 15 | People who want checkin access are first requested to send |
| 16 | patches and have them reviewed by a developer. If they submit some |
| 17 | good ones (preferably over a period of time, to demonstrate sustained |
| 18 | interest), then one of the developers can ask the other CVS |
| 19 | developers, usually via the bug-cvs@nongnu.org mailing list, whether it |
| 20 | is OK to make this person a developer (after first sending the |
| 21 | prospective developer a copy of this file and then having the |
| 22 | prospective developer say they want to be a developer). If there are |
| 23 | no objections, the person will be made a developer. |
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| 26 | Policy regarding checkout-only access: |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Checkout-only access to the CVS repository is available to all, on an |
| 29 | anonymous basis (no need for registration or other complications). |
| 30 | The exact technical mechanisms by which it is available are not |
| 31 | covered by this policy. |