On Thu, 8 May 2008, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > > Ok so I see the problem Linus is referring to now (I received the hint > by PM too), I thought the order of the signed-off-by was relevant, it > clearly isn't or we're wasting space ;)
The order of the signed-offs are somewhat relevant, but no, sign-offs don't mean authorship. See the rules for sign-off: you can sign off on another persons patches, even if they didn't sign off on them themselves. That's clause (b) in particular. So yes, quite often you'd _expect_ the first sign-off to match the author, but that's a correlation, not a causal relationship. Linus ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ kvm-devel mailing list kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/kvm-devel