Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763438AbXFASWo (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:22:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1762136AbXFASWi (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:22:38 -0400 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:50049 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762098AbXFASWh (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:22:37 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 11:22:25 -0700 From: Andrew Morton To: Dave Jones Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: Message-Id: <20070601112225.80a8be84.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: <20070601181414.GC7968@redhat.com> References: <200706010209.l51299kN000531@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20070601181414.GC7968@redhat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.7 (GTK+ 2.8.6; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 888 Lines: 21 On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:14:14 -0400 Dave Jones wrote: > 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 What, no Tested-by: ? - 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/