From: Daniele Segato Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:21:39 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] git-tag man: when to use lightweight or annotated tags Message-ID: <51F6B2B3.2070404@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <51F2E673.5020401@xiplink.com> On 07/26/2013 11:13 PM, Marc Branchaud wrote: > On 13-07-26 01:19 PM, Daniele Segato wrote: >> >> By the way which is your role in the community? >> Don't want to be rude, I just don't know who I'm talking about :) the >> documentation maintainer? > > I'm just a git user and (very) occasional contributor. > > There's not much structure to the git community. Anyone who wants git to > change can post a patch (or patch series) to this list. The patch can touch > any area of the code, and it's considered good manners to CC whoever last > touched the part(s) of the code being patched. > > The patch is discussed and revised as needed, and eventually the patch > thread's participants arrive at a consensus as to whether or not the patch > should become a part of git. If the patch is accepted the git maintainer > (Junio C. Hamano) shepherds the patch through git's release process. See > this note: > http://git-blame.blogspot.ca/p/a-note-from-maintainer.html > for more about that and other aspects of the git development community. > > M. > Thanks. That helps a bit in understanding how I fit into the ml! Cheers, Daniele Segato