Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751363AbXFCSbk (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:31:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751090AbXFCSbd (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:31:33 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.231]:4959 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751067AbXFCSbc (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jun 2007 14:31:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=XsWpniYK3qtQ1YBe2MCxx2ODvivz2u2/LHrYRTs0TYhNcEpctuEPONEXIchWt7t2Y6eAcRSp/FReHWZltR7CHBiUazUrWXaezKHAXoprIz/s5GJ8qBT4x6bHiiTIDwpXE4g6QFEIlB8NLy7d0t9HRoeschwvnxdBwvFmeSTeUFw= Message-ID: <7b69d1470706031131p768e9084jd594d02105095313@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 13:31:30 -0500 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Andrew Morton" Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: Cc: "Randy Dunlap" , "Adrian Bunk" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070602211539.0224706b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200706010209.l51299kN000531@shell0.pdx.osdl.net> <20070602141144.GC5500@stusta.de> <20070602104700.53b6b811.akpm@linux-foundation.org> <7b69d1470706021957t4d6a1b43k33c0766b27975f31@mail.gmail.com> <20070602210614.75862701.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> <20070602211539.0224706b.akpm@linux-foundation.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1604 Lines: 46 On 6/2/07, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:06:14 -0700 Randy Dunlap wrote: > > > On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:57:41 -0700 Scott Preece wrote: > > > > > On 6/2/07, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > ... > > > > +The Signed-off-by: tag implies that the signer was involved in the development > > > --- > > > > > > Change "implies" to "indicates" - it's an explicit statement, not an > > > implication. > > > > > > --- > > > > +of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. > > > > + > > > > +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: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that > > > > +maintainer neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch themselves. > > > --- > > > > > > This using plural pronouns for indefinite gender leaves one in vague > > > territory, but I think "themself" would be better than "themselves, > > > since "maintainer" is singular. > > > > ugh. :( > > not-acked-by: /me > > > > I just deleted it ;) > > "neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch." > --- Wise as usual - much better! scott - 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/