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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is part of GCC.
+#
+# GCC is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# GCC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with GCC; see the file COPYING. If not, write to
+# the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+# Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# Check that names in the file are sorted
+# alphabetically by surname.
+
+import locale
+import sys
+from difflib import ndiff
+from itertools import dropwhile, takewhile
+
+import unidecode
+
+locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'en_US.utf8')
+
+exit_code = 0
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+ print('Usage: ./check-MAINTAINERS.py path-to/MAINTAINERS')
+ sys.exit(1)
+
+
+def sort_by_surname(line):
+ name = line.split('\t')[0]
+ parts = name.split()
+ surname = parts[-1]
+
+ # Special-case some names
+ if name == 'Stefan Schulze Frielinghaus':
+ surname = parts[1]
+ elif name == 'Kris Van Hees':
+ surname = parts[1]
+ elif surname == "d'Humieres":
+ surname = 'Humieres'
+
+ # Remove accents
+ return (unidecode.unidecode(surname), line)
+
+
+def has_tab(line):
+ return '\t' in line
+
+
+def is_empty(line):
+ return line
+
+
+def check_group(name, lines):
+ global exit_code
+
+ for line in lines:
+ if line.startswith(' '):
+ print(f'Line should not start with space: "{line}"')
+ exit_code = 2
+
+ lines = [line + '\n' for line in lines]
+ sorted_lines = sorted(lines, key=sort_by_surname)
+ if lines != sorted_lines:
+ exit_code = 1
+ diff = ndiff(lines, sorted_lines)
+ print(f'Wrong order for {name}:\n')
+ print(''.join(diff))
+ else:
+ print(f'{name} are fine!')
+
+
+lines = open('MAINTAINERS').read().splitlines()
+
+needle = 'Global Reviewers'
+lines = list(dropwhile(lambda x: x.strip() != needle, lines))
+lines = lines[2:]
+
+chunk = list(takewhile(is_empty, lines))
+check_group(needle, chunk)
+
+needle = 'Write After Approval'
+lines = list(dropwhile(lambda x: needle not in x, lines))
+lines = lines[2:]
+
+chunk = list(takewhile(is_empty, lines))
+check_group(needle, chunk)
+
+needle = 'Bug database only accounts'
+lines = list(dropwhile(lambda x: needle not in x, lines))
+lines = lines[2:]
+
+chunk = list(takewhile(is_empty, lines))
+check_group(needle, chunk)
+
+needle = 'Contributing under the DCO'
+lines = list(dropwhile(lambda x: needle not in x, lines))[1:]
+lines = list(dropwhile(lambda x: not has_tab(x), lines))
+check_group(needle, lines)
+
+sys.exit(exit_code)