Re: [PATCHv2 0/7] acpi/libata: Express dependencies for devices on dock stations and bays

[Holger Macht <holger@homac.de>]

On Sat 21. Jan - 07:55:00, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Fri, 2012-01-20 at 01:23 +0100, Holger Macht wrote:
> > On Fr 20. Jan - 01:18:18, Holger Macht wrote:
> > > Patches 2 through 5 are just a refresh of the patches from Matthew
> > > Garrett sent to this list in September 2010 [1]:
> > 
> > I successfully faked the sender of the patches from Matthew (now it
> > looks as they were sent by him) due to the use wrong use of git
> > format-patch. Sorry for that, really wasn't intended. Hope this is not a
> > problem.
> 
> Actually, it is; the way you sent them the first time:  From: in the
> body is the correct way.  If you go about faking the sender, you're
> likely to get rejected as spam if people do SPF checking.   Plus it's a
> bit confusing for maintainers because I'd really like to know who sent
> the patch to verify the signoff chain.

Sure, I rather meant this like "hope it's not a problem this one
time". It was by plain mistake because my mutt took the "From:" header
as it should and I didn't notice. I also don't want people to send mails
in my name, that's what the apology actually was for, directed to
Matthew.

> 
> Other than this, it looks fine to me.

Thanks,
 Holger