[FFmpeg-cvslog] doc/developer: Add a policy item about updating the MAINTAINERs file

[Michael Niedermayer]

ffmpeg | branch: master | Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at> | Fri Oct 11 23:02:46 2013 +0200| [a6388616e826437acd749e81671b386e0609f549] | committer: Michael Niedermayer

doc/developer: Add a policy item about updating the MAINTAINERs file

Signed-off-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni at gmx.at>

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=a6388616e826437acd749e81671b386e0609f549
---

 doc/developer.texi |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/developer.texi b/doc/developer.texi
index 71f4978..9c72c44 100644
--- a/doc/developer.texi
+++ b/doc/developer.texi
@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ If it is a bug, the bug has to be fixed. If it is not, the code should
 be changed to not generate a warning unless that causes a slowdown
 or obfuscates the code.
 
+ at item
+Make sure that no parts of the codebase that you maintain are missing from the
+ at file{MAINTAINERS} file. If something that you want to maintain is missing add it with
+your name after it.
+If at some point you no longer want to maintain some code, then please help
+finding a new maintainer and also don't forget updating the @file{MAINTAINERS} file.
 @end enumerate
 
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