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| author | Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com> | 2014-10-29 13:01:36 +0300 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2014-10-29 08:56:46 -0400 |
| commit | d75ef707ea5eb3015f7b72cb3b81c6cdca376fea (patch) | |
| tree | 36743af83159b7e25da3f93688547114ddb35de4 | |
| parent | ace80793d16fb076381ba0e232d42295d98dae99 (diff) | |
Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission
The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that
should only be if the bug was reported in private. These days the
standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit
rude.
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 10 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index 482c74947de0..1fa1caa198eb 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it +hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future. Please note that if +the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the +Reported-by tag. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that |