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Subject: Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval
From:   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To:     Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Date:   Wed, 22 May 2019 12:45:06 -0700
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On Wed, 2019-05-22 at 15:30 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Hello, all:
> 
> It is common courtesy to include this tagline when submitting patches: 
> 
> Reported-By: J. Doe <jdoe@example.com>
> 
> Please ask the reporter's permission before doing so (even if they'd 
> submitted a public bugzilla report or sent a report to the mailing 
> list).

I disagree with this.

If the report is public, and lists like vger are public,
then using a Reported-by: and/or a Link: are simply useful
history and tracking information.