Re: [PATCH v3 DONOTMERGE] docs: clarify rules wrt tagging other people

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>]

Em Tue, 3 Dec 2024 07:25:43 +0100
Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> escreveu:

> On 02.12.24 17:17, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> > Em Mon, 2 Dec 2024 16:54:49 +0100
> > Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> escreveu:  
> >> On 02.12.24 15:45, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:  
> >>> Em Mon, 2 Dec 2024 14:54:56 +0100
> >>> Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> escreveu:  
> >>>> On 02.12.24 11:02, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:    
> >>>>> Em Mon, 2 Dec 2024 09:28:57 +0100
> >>>>> Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org> escreveu:  
> >>>>>>> +Tagging people requires permission
> >>>>>>> +----------------------------------
> >>>>>>> +
> >>>>>>> +Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches, as all except for Cc:,
> >>>>>>> +Reported-by:, and Suggested-by: need explicit permission of the person named.  
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hmm... There is another tag that we use without requiring explicit permissions:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> 	Requested-by:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> There are currently 376 occurrences on 6.13-rc1.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> This is used when a maintainer or reviewer publicly requests some changes to
> >>>>> be added on a patch series.      
> >>> [...]
> >>> You're basically requesting explicit permission for any "non-official"
> >>> tags as well, including reviewed-by. This is not what it is wanted here.    
> >>
> >> I could easily use a slightly modified phrase like "...as all
> >> mentioned above except...".  
> > 
> > It seems a lot better to me.  
> 
> I went with this a slightly different variant for readability:
> 
> Be careful in the addition of the aforementioned tags to your patches,
> as all except for Cc:, Reported-by:, and Suggested-by: need explicit
> permission of the person named.
> 
> Hope that's okay. If I don't hear anything, I'll assume your earlier
> Reviewed-by: is still valid.

It is. Just in case:
Reviewed-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@kernel.org>

> 
> Ciao, Thorsten



Thanks,
Mauro