Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:17:46 +0200 (MEST)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by:
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On Jun 1 2007 14:28, Dave Jones wrote:
> > > On Thu, May 31, 2007 at 07:09:10PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >  > From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > >  > 
> > >  > Explain what we use Acked-by: for, and how it differs from Signed-off-by:
> > >  > Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> > >  > +
> > >  > +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 <davej@redhat.com>
> > 
> > What, no Tested-by: ?
>
>Heh. Indeed.  I think there's room for both fwiw.

Too verbose. Suggest a typedef.

	Signed-off-and-tested-by: Foo J. Bar <addy@corps>


	Jan
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