From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757204AbYELS2G (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 14:28:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754018AbYELS1z (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:55 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:59985 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753887AbYELS1y (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 14:27:51 -0400 From: Rik van Riel To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters Message-ID: <20080512142751.78eaebb2@cuia.bos.redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <4388.1210613272@vena.lwn.net> References: <4388.1210613272@vena.lwn.net> Organization: Red Hat, Inc X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.5; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 12 May 2008 11:27:52 -0600 Jonathan Corbet wrote: > So here's what we would like to try instead. Whenever somebody sends up a > patch fixing a reported bug, the name of the person who reported the bug > would be immortalized with this tag: > > Reported-by: A. Bug Reporter I like this idea. If people help with kernel development, they deserve kudos. -- All Rights Reversed