Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763117AbXFASO4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761591AbXFASOt (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:49 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:34836 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758653AbXFASOs (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:48 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:14 -0400 From: Dave Jones To: akpm@linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: Message-ID: <20070601181414.GC7968@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200706010209.l51299kN000531@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200706010209.l51299kN000531@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.14 (2007-02-12) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 21 On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:09:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > From: Andrew Morton > > Explain what we use Acked-by: for, and how it differs from Signed-off-by: > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton > + > +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a > +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can > +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog. Acked-by: Dave Jones :-) -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/