Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932129AbXFBSA1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:00:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760556AbXFBSAT (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:00:19 -0400 Received: from seahorse.shentel.net ([204.111.1.244]:53895 "EHLO seahorse.shentel.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760895AbXFBSAR (ORCPT ); Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:00:17 -0400 Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 14:00:00 -0400 (EDT) From: "John Anthony Kazos Jr." To: Jan Engelhardt cc: Dave Jones , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <200706010209.l51299kN000531@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20070601181414.GC7968@redhat.com> <20070601112225.80a8be84.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <20070601182835.GC16529@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1356 Lines: 29 > > > > > 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: ? > > > >Heh. Indeed. I think there's room for both fwiw. > > Too verbose. Suggest a typedef. > > Signed-off-and-tested-by: Foo J. Bar Signed-off-by: should imply Tested-by:, with the exception of the final Signed-off-by: when it's merged into a tree. Tested-by:, if it really is necessary or useful, should be reserved for only those who test something but weren't involved in its development. Adding it to the tag is unnecessary unless somebody thinks there's a serious problem with untested patches being introduced by first-hand maintainers that a forced reminder would remedy. - 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/