Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S935053Ab2JXOkp (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:40:45 -0400 Received: from server505h.appriver.com ([98.129.35.13]:4097 "EHLO server505.appriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S934903Ab2JXOkl convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:40:41 -0400 X-Note-AR-ScanTimeLocal: 10/24/2012 9:40:39 AM X-Policy: GLOBAL - coraid.com X-Policy: GLOBAL - coraid.com X-Policy: GLOBAL - coraid.com X-Policy: GLOBAL - coraid.com X-Policy: GLOBAL - coraid.com X-Policy: Too many policies to list X-Primary: ecashin@coraid.com X-Note: This Email was scanned by AppRiver SecureTide X-ALLOW: @coraid.com ALLOWED X-Virus-Scan: V- X-Note: Spam Tests Failed: X-Country-Path: UNKNOWN->UNITED STATES->UNITED STATES X-Note-Sending-IP: 98.129.35.1 X-Note-Reverse-DNS: X-Note-Return-Path: ecashin@coraid.com X-Note: User Rule Hits: X-Note: Global Rule Hits: G329 G330 G331 G332 G336 G337 G348 G444 X-Note: Encrypt Rule Hits: X-Note: Mail Class: ALLOWEDSENDER X-Note: Headers Injected From: Ed Cashin To: Jonathan Corbet CC: "rob@landley.net" , "linux-doc@vger.kernel.org" , "dan.carpenter@oracle.com" , "kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:40:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: implicit permission for public reports Thread-Topic: [PATCH] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: implicit permission for public reports Thread-Index: Ac2x9YglBQBKGwKXTCK0/DvxAy9LMQ== Message-ID: References: <623a994357ba3348d5a4a0a2003b4dc0@coraid.com> <20121024083648.5976519f@lwn.net> In-Reply-To: <20121024083648.5976519f@lwn.net> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1022 Lines: 30 On Oct 24, 2012, at 10:36 AM, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2012 10:22:02 -0400 > Ed Cashin wrote: > >> +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 > > I know what you're getting at, but this reads as if one should add the tag > even if it's contrary to the reporter's wishes. How about something like: > > If the bug report was via a private channel, please obtain the > reporter's permission before adding this tag - or, even better, > ask that the report be posted publicly. > > ? Yes, that's a great improvement, thanks! -- Ed Cashin ecashin@coraid.com -- 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/