Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 May 2004 14:51:12 -0400 | From | "La Monte H.P. Yarroll" <> | Subject | Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission |
| |
Bradley Hook wrote:
> Steven Cole wrote: > >> >> On May 25, 2004, at 1:06 AM, Arjan van de Ven wrote: >> >>>> explanation part of the patch. That sign-off would be just a single >>>> line >>>> at the end (possibly after _other_ peoples sign-offs), saying: >>>> >>>> Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org> >>> >>> >>> >>> well this obviously needs to include that you signed off on the DCO and >>> not some other random piece of paper, and it probably should include >>> the >>> DCO revision number you signed off on. >>> Without the former the Signed-off-by: line is entirely empty afaics, >>> without the later we're not future proof. >>> >>> >> >> How about something like: >> >> DCO 1.0 Signed-off-by: Random J Developer <random@developer.org> >> >> This new process being "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound >> of cure" should retain the property of being lightweight and not >> unduly burdensome. This change seems to fall into that category. >> >> Steven - >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe >> linux-kernel" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >> > > Why not design the DCO so that it assumes an author accepts the most > recent published version unless specified. You could then shorten the > line to: > > DCO-Sign-Off: Random J Developer <random@developer.org>
If I'm looking at a 15 year old document where do I go to find out what "most recent published version" meant at that time? This assumes we're talking about a document that has a clear timestamp. If we care about the version number at all, it should be in every signoff line.
-- Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell's sig
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |