Thanks Matthias for the comments.
the conclusion is that I can continue to use this patch , right ? thank
you.
regards.
tim
On 2021-10-27 23:59, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 02:12:07PM +0800, [email protected] wrote:
>> Hi Matthias:
>> the previous patch is submitted by zijun , as he is not working on
>> this
>> project, I take over his job, so can we assume abandon the previous
>> patch,
>> using my new patch ? thank you.
>> regards.
>
> Your patch is clearly based on zijun's one, it even has the same
> subject. A
> change of authorship shouldn't result in resetting the version number,
> it's
> still the same patch/series. You can always add a 'Co-developed-by:'
> tag to
> indicate that someone else contributed to a patch, or use a 'From:' tag
> if
> you only made minor changes on top of someone else's work.
>
> Not sure how to proceed best with the version number, especially since
> there
> are already 3 versions of the 'new' patch. Either option can create
> confusion,
> I guess you can continue with the new scheme, it seems the patch is
> almost
> ready to land anyway.