Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Patch tags [was writeout stalls in current -git] | From | (Jonathan Corbet) | Date | Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:10:47 -0700 |
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Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org> 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.
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