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Date:   Thu, 17 Oct 2019 16:45:32 -0400
From:   Konstantin Ryabitsev <konstantin@linuxfoundation.org>
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 01:43:43PM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>> I wonder if it'd be also possible to then embed gpg signatures over
>> send-mail payloads so as they can be transparently transferred to the
>> commit.
>
>That's a crazy idea.  It would be nice if we could do that, I like it 
>:)

It could only possibly work if nobody ever adds their own 
"Signed-Off-By" or any other bylines. I expect this is a deal-breaker 
for most maintainers.

-K