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SubjectRe: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission
Andrew Morton wrote:

>Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com> wrote:
>
>
>>You currently aren't recording the original author
>>
>>
>
>We are, with care. It's in the changelogs. Every single patch which I
>didn't originate has a From: line at the start of the changelog.
>
For patches that I've been involved with, the changelog line almost always
mentions one of the intermediate handlers, not the original author. I
suspect
that Larry is mostly right.

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