Branch creation policy?

[Jeff Johnston]

Mark Mitchell wrote:
> Is there any objection to creating newlib branches under the same
> policies that have been established for Binutils and GDB?
>

What is the reason behind this request?

> From the Binutils MAINTAINERS file:
> 
> 
>>Anyone with at least write-after-approval access may create a branch
>>to use for their own development purposes.  In keeping with FSF
>>policies, all patches applied to such a branch must come from people
>>with appropriate copyright assignments on file.  All legal
>>requirements that would apply to any other contribution apply equally
>>to contributions on a branch.
>>
>>Before creating the branch, you should select a name for the branch of
>>the form:
>>
>>  binutils-<org>-<name>
>>
>>where "org" is the initials of your organization, or your own initials
>>if you are acting as an individual.  For example, for a branch created
>>by The GNUDist Company, "tgc" would be an appropriate choice for
>>"org".  It's up to each organization to select an appropriate choice
>>for "name"; some organizations may use more structure than others, so
>>"name" may contain additional hyphens.
>>
>>Suppose that The GNUDist Company was creating a branch to develop a
>>port of Binutils to the FullMonty processor.  Then, an appropriate
>>choice of branch name would be:
>>
>>  binutils-tgc-fm
> 
> 
> There is then some technical information below that point.
> 
> Thanks,
>