[Buildroot] What is an Acked-by?

[Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>]

Arnout, All,

On 2013-12-05 21:12 +0100, Yann E. MORIN spake thusly:
> On 2013-12-05 19:12 +0100, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> > On 05/12/13 00:19, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> > >Reviewed-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> > >Tested-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
> > 
> >  If you've reviewed it and tested it, you would commit it if you had commit
> > access, right? So this could actually be an Acked-by, right? Or is my
> > understanding of these tags incorrect?
> 
> I'm following the definitions of Documentation/SubmittingPatches in my
> Linux kernel tree.
> 
> For example, I refer to:
>     Acked-by: does not necessarily indicate acknowledgement of the entire
>     patch.
> 
>     Reviewed-by:, instead, indicates that the patch has been reviewed
>     and found acceptable according to the Reviewer's Statement
>     [--SNIP statement--]
> 
> So, by providing both Reviewed-by and Tested by, I am explicitly stating
> that I did a review of the patch, and I tested it. Which, from my
> understanding, Acked-by does.

... Acked-by does *not*.

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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