Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266808AbUJAWLt (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:11:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266786AbUJAWKz (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:10:55 -0400 Received: from 216-99-213-120.dsl.aracnet.com ([216.99.213.120]:28625 "EHLO clueserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266802AbUJAWH0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Oct 2004 18:07:26 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 14:11:18 -0700 (PDT) From: alan X-X-Sender: alan@www.fnordora.org To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Paul Jackson , , Subject: Re: Loops in the Signed-off-by process In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1038 Lines: 27 On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Linus Torvalds wrote: > On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Paul Jackson wrote: > > > > The protocol for adding an Acked-by line mystifies me a little. > > > > If I submit a patch after having a good discussion of it with > > Joe Blow, is it appropriate for me to add an Acked-by line for > > Joe on my own, or should I get his consent (or know him well > > enough to know he consents) or should I only so add if Joe > > asks me to? > > The "acked-by" thing doesn't mean anything, so you should just use your > own judgement. Why am I expecting a new realty show called "Touched by a Torvalds"? Sorry... I have been stuck coding in a little boring town in Southern Oregon for the last three days. (Kind of like Mountain View without all the excitement and with lots of trees.) - 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/