Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:15:39 -0700 | From | Andrew Morton <> | Subject | Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by: |
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On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 21:06:14 -0700 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Jun 2007 19:57:41 -0700 Scott Preece wrote: > > > On 6/2/07, Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > ... > > > +The Signed-off-by: tag implies that the signer was involved in the development > > --- > > > > Change "implies" to "indicates" - it's an explicit statement, not an > > implication. > > > > --- > > > +of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery path. > > > + > > > +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a > > > +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can > > > +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog. > > > + > > > +Acked-by: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that > > > +maintainer neither contributed to nor forwarded the patch themselves. > > --- > > > > This using plural pronouns for indefinite gender leaves one in vague > > territory, but I think "themself" would be better than "themselves, > > since "maintainer" is singular. > > ugh. :( > not-acked-by: /me >
I just deleted it ;)
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