Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935017Ab2JXOjG (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:39:06 -0400 Received: from dupo.coraid.com ([208.71.232.133]:61167 "EHLO coraid.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934928Ab2JXOjD (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:39:03 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 956 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:39:02 EDT From: Ed Cashin Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: implicit permission for public reports To: rob@landley.net Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, ecashin@coraid.com, dan.carpenter@oracle.com, kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Ed Cashin X-Mailer: nedmail Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:22:02 -0400 Message-ID: <623a994357ba3348d5a4a0a2003b4dc0@coraid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1936 Lines: 41 The current text of SubmittingPatches recommends asking permission before using "Reported-By:" even when the report was made to a public forum. This patch updates the text to better reflect the current convention of including the tag when the report was public. Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c379a2a..d30b692 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -423,12 +423,12 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider +adding a Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their +contribution. Please note that this tag should not be added without +the reporter's permission unless the problem was reported in a public +forum. That said, if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they +will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the future. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that -- 1.7.1 -- 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/