Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932347AbaJ2KB5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:01:57 -0400 Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:45344 "EHLO userp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932228AbaJ2KBy (ORCPT ); Wed, 29 Oct 2014 06:01:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:01:36 +0300 From: Dan Carpenter To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rob Landley , Paul Bolle , devel@driverdev.osuosl.org, Greg Kroah-Hartman Subject: [patch v2] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission Message-ID: <20141029100136.GA14718@mwanda> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20141028090451.41ed6aad@lwn.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that should only be if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 482c749..1fa1caa 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it +hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if +the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the +Reported-by tag. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/