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
