| commit | 32de996000c8f51323639c88ca0b510f08cdfe3f | [log] [tgz] |
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| author | Kentaro Hara <[email protected]> | Tue Mar 29 01:49:29 2022 |
| committer | Chromium LUCI CQ <[email protected]> | Tue Mar 29 01:49:29 2022 |
| tree | 147da2154d55c967f9ad3b083248dc7970f89ff6 | |
| parent | a628bbbddb3665d923bb31b38d0ba382017120a4 [diff] [blame] |
Update contributing.md to clarify the new architecture addition policy This CL updates the policy based on the discussion at chrome-eng-review@. https://groups.google.com/a/google.com/g/chrome-eng-review/c/0NLPHKImn4U?hl=en Bug: None Change-Id: I0ae50945b0ece308c4588926b6338ecee00cfa4a Reviewed-on: https://chromium-review.googlesource.com/c/chromium/src/+/3554224 Reviewed-by: Erik Staab <[email protected]> Commit-Queue: Kentaro Hara <[email protected]> Auto-Submit: Kentaro Hara <[email protected]> Cr-Commit-Position: refs/heads/main@{#986275}
diff --git a/docs/contributing.md b/docs/contributing.md index d0d21ff..f3f312a3 100644 --- a/docs/contributing.md +++ b/docs/contributing.md
@@ -331,9 +331,14 @@ find a product in the Chromium repositories that depends on that line of code or else the line of code should be removed. - Completely new additions to the project (for example, support for a new OS - or architecture, or a new top-level directory for a new sub-project) must - be approved by [//ENG_REVIEW_OWNERS](../ENG_REVIEW_OWNERS). + Completely new additions to the project (e.g., support for a new OS or + architecture, or a new top-level directory for a new sub-project) must be + approved by [email protected]. For long-term maintenance reasons, + we will accept only things that are used by the Chromium project and things + that do not increase the cost of maintaining Chromium's supported + architectures / platforms (e.g., adding one ifdef branch for an unsupported + architecture / platform is fine but introducing new abstractions in the + codebase is problematic). - **Code should only be moved to a central location (e.g., //base) when multiple consumers would benefit.** We should resist the temptation to