On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 5:57 AM Andrew Pinski via Gcc <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jeff (and others), > I was looking into the MAINTAINERS file and noticed "global opt > framework" as being maintained by you. This was the first time I had > saw this even though it has been in MAINTAINERS since 1998/9. > I had to go and search and it seems to mean the cfg/basic block > infrastructure and the bitmap.{cc,h}[1]. But I could still be wrong. > Maybe it makes sense to clarify what is meant by "global opt framework". > > Note I am not trying to reduce the range of "global opt framework" > areas but rather better understand what it means these days. This is > more for new folks to understand who to CC. It also will help with > labels on the forge and new folks easier who can approve which areas.
sourcebuild.texi might be a good place to put more elaborate documentation on what the maintainer areas actually cover. > As an aside, I think we should try to clean up MAINTAINERS for folks > who are no longer active and/or don't want to contribute any more. > Especially with old emails listed. There's been issues in the past for people returning and finding themselves removed. We should set to document some policy around this. IMO if listed people are inactive but upon request say they are still curious about changes when CCed it's OK to keep them in. Richard. > > Thanks, > Andrew Pinski > > [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/news/gcse.html
