Appointing David Faust as co-maintainer of the BPF port
Request to appoint David Faust as co-maintainer for the GCC BPF port due to his significant contributions and review work.
Jose E. Marchesi is formally requesting the GCC Steering Committee to consider appointing David Faust as a co-maintainer for the BPF CPU port. Faust has already been actively involved as a reviewer and has contributed substantially to the port’s development, making him a valuable asset for continued maintenance and growth.
- proposer
Proposes David Faust for co-maintainership of the GCC BPF port, citing his excellent review work and substantial contributions.
“David is already a reviewer for the port, and doing an excellent job, having written big parts of it. To have him as co-maintainer will be of great help.”
In Details
This is a governance proposal within the GCC project. The BPF port is a target architecture for compiling code to run on the Berkeley Packet Filter virtual machine. Appointing a co-maintainer signifies a commitment to the port's long-term health and acknowledges significant contributions from an individual.
- BPF
- Berkeley Packet Filter, a virtual machine and API for running sandboxed programs in the Linux kernel, increasingly used for networking, security, and tracing.
- CPU port
- A specific architecture or instruction set that the GCC compiler can generate code for. Each port has dedicated maintainers.
- Steering Committee
- The governing body for the GCC project, responsible for high-level decisions and appointments.