On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 09:10:47AM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What's missing is a definition which of them are formal tags that must
> > be explicitely given (look at point 13 in SubmittingPatches).
> >
> > Signed-off-by: and Reviewed-by: are the formal tags someone must have
> > explicitely given and that correspond to some statement.
> >
> > OTOH, I can translate a "sounds fine" or "works for me" someone else
> > gave me into an Acked-by: resp. Tested-by: tag.
>
> The discussion of the Cc: tag says:
>
> This is the only tag which might be added without an explicit
> action by the person it names.
>
> I think that addresses your comment, no? Certainly I wouldn't feel that
> I could add any of the other tags to a patch I posted - that's the job
> of the person named there.
Acked-by: and Tested-by: do require explicit actions by the person they
name, but they are not required to explicitely give this tag.
If a user said "the patch works for me" I would consider it overly
bureaucratic to ask the user for a formal tag.
> jon
cu
Adrian
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