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 # xCAT Project Maintainers Guide
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+The roles and responsibilities of the maintainers are:
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+  * set the direction for the xCAT project, including architectural and design decisions
+  * commit code (new function or fixes) to the xCAT Git repository (either their own code, or on behalf of another contributor - see below)
+  * review requests for xCAT contributors to become maintainers (All such requests will be subject to a vote by current maintainers)
+  * review and help resolve technical concerns or problems regarding the project
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+All decisions by the maintainers are made by consensus.
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+When a **maintainer** merges a pull request for a **contributor** they must:
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+  * Require that each code contributor complete and sign the [xCAT Individual CLA](./xcat-cla-individual.md) or [xCAT Corporate CLA](./xcat-ccla-corporate.md) and email a PDF copy to xcat-legal@lists.sourceforge.net .
+  * Require that all code be contributed under the EPL.
+  * Create a log entry with intellectual property information about the contribution & contributor. Each log entry should contain the information below, and should be posted to xcat-legal@lists.sourceforge.net:
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+> 
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+    Maintainer Name: (the person who committed the code)
+    Maintainer GitHub Id:
+    Contributor's Name:  
+    Contributor's Organization or Employer (Corporate CLA):
+    Contributor GitHub Id:
+    Git Commit ID of the code push:
+    Date Code was Committed:
+    Purpose/Description of New/Changed Code:
+    Approximate Number of Lines of Code Added/Changed/Removed by This Commit:
+    Additional Authors of the Contributed Code:
+    License Used (if other than EPL, need approval from the xCAT Maintainers):
+    Code Reviewed By (usually the maintainer who commits it):