On Sat, Jun 02, 2007 at 10:47:00AM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 16:11:45 +0200 Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >... > > > -12) The canonical patch format > > > +12) When to use Acked-by: > > > + > > > +The Signed-off-by: tag implies that the signer was involved in the > > > development > > > +of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. > > > > The last part should be dropped: If "he/she was in the patch's delivery > > path", a Signed-off-by: tag is required. > > I don't get you. Isn't that already what the text says? >...
/me blind > +Acked-by: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that > +maintainer neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch themselves. > + > +Acked-by: is not as formal as Signed-off-by:. It is a record that the acker > +has at least reviewed the patch and has indicated acceptance. Hence patch > +mergers will sometimes manually covert an acker's "yep, looks good to me" > into > +an Acked-by:. > + > +Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgement of the entire patch. > +For example, if a patch affects multiple subsystems and has an Acked-by: from > +one subsystem maintainer then this usually indicates acknowledgement of just > +the part which affects that maintainer's code. Judgement should be used > here. > +When in doubt people should refer to the original discussion in the mailing > +list archives. > + > + > +14) The canonical patch format >... Looks good to me. cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/