Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v5] Xen PV Device

[Alex Bligh <alex@alex.org.uk>]

--On 8 July 2013 15:10:49 +0100 Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> 
wrote:

>> You probably mean Reviewed-by.  Acked-by really means, "I am not the
>> maintainer of this area, I have not reviewed this patch, but I am
>> generally okay with the idea as best I can tell."
>
> Don't you mean "I *am* the maintainer of this area" ? I've always
> assumed it means "as the maintainer I have a potential veto over
> this code change and I am explicitly not exercising it even though
> I may not have done a complete review and/or test"...

Really? That would imply no one should add Acked-By except
maintainers. That's not right according to:

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#L397

The use at line 401 by maintainers does not seem to me to be 'exclusive'.

For instance, I've used Acked-by when someone else modifies a piece
of code I've contributed (e.g. to fix a bug), to indicate I agree
with them.

It's also pretty clear (line 437 and 462) what Reviewed-by: means

-- 
Alex Bligh