From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from mails.dpdk.org (mails.dpdk.org [217.70.189.124]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8787A106ACEE for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:46:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mails.dpdk.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4853B4042F; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:46:33 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-ot1-f45.google.com (mail-ot1-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mails.dpdk.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E3EB402BD for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 23:46:31 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-ot1-f45.google.com with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-7d773a4af0aso813729a34.0 for ; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=networkplumber-org.20230601.gappssmtp.com; s=20230601; t=1773355591; x=1773960391; darn=dpdk.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=3MwMyuEmUv+ChsgWN9j2WpH1Bcrk0bQNzV3xSXoUzoo=; b=ExBirV3bWP2KAAO9/AuLcFr90dsbgp3OkHrmW+i3e5qnUWjIBX78Pk1v9Ut9jgTbsm LfTZHlZ/PPrEHmEQxo5SPz3Qbps++Mv2XaAxJ1LberNUvacPB23Mm9Ie3xvLCbrnKAqr c/ZHnnGjatjQKbbIqIF2VFpuZRr9ipE02XPzWy7JY+ZXTnKw4psEGjCxfcmseow+997b 2/YcI4vMWpFcySx/TMcP9ibNEMxFyAE3W+zWX3hlg0xygX2eusw3Yhaz5ah/6DDOXwxm LbdVMpytY3VbpylTasWhU0qAkj4DZKQahs15NsAByLTjI85egZc/qHx/ZWGAol9hFYMX CkRg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1773355591; x=1773960391; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:references:in-reply-to :message-id:subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-gg:x-gm-message-state:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=3MwMyuEmUv+ChsgWN9j2WpH1Bcrk0bQNzV3xSXoUzoo=; b=n6yygWdAsyyxcQRKcynZrFJ4f9Ze7N2PJttICbURWYrB0dmpTVCBiAk3BnNzlvHPaK Fz4CXulAKEY8wzJuT2yOStYO34+CfQmgk81f5/sWtI19a7RG6PXROiMGrmmOtJysaW7u SPjYp6BsFR+PSkbWtbZwbq+qnjcYnoDwrS3DRwmFL4wOHHcHY9x9x95gZpElwCfKDdCz Fn05FJGj3hBiDrLHNz6fYy4KBB1SFRRuZkTKpWfJHsa8UjhDsEyYxRvaTqgaqYuHLpLB aF0y9LskaQQ+fs0bCgJizlfRfsnEjynh02zWSej59fJf1Px8CaNiBuXidcDzRKE22395 ZJ3Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YzFaZfzxstutiRW5errD3Nxo5Di/FMVopFCMQXvHPCk0PfEENth NwYvVPVsEucwRqVKbVqUu2VA9c5Ks/SFi255ngoNAeYpyJCleOG8RsWnn3fYC1QKDv5718dBm4Q 3i58V X-Gm-Gg: ATEYQzyrwa0dknTDAZJSfm9JXZKkvyBNQ6WXXwuuE1a5MPvoKlJGeE7+tdLqhm99h/d NyuRrAfX10mkTsWYAKuhNtgK5p3kuH9kpwZVa3PI5ZG7TggZs4GLe3j6JFqKVUDg9TwSjJR2V3R qvN0dsNhwFemKEQcRe6/sInQxYFTQVN4333u0BasrZAFfRZ8jgge8yMDsOr5Ck/3CqX9u036zc8 jCn+tOdNLAoV66HguKxGYD25Wc8JIPTiuPHKRlP1oqELdi1iFe10GCovaeDwODF0xguORQ6hqsk ZAf5VvAgnsgnlK9nG6SUl+9Np4VHHwNtH1qhXSKgmxARU5JEL9I4pKctM/S2XAZSYK8NnMe8Pje izsMfnXETSgfJq6RYr35TJMx9ZwwcxV9zqkQt+C1lHri7qJZAlsWE9gFjNlLvzrdzraSGslsakx kEK8tBbMmJo7axUps5bbw50yRJEOnIsH5JHTM= X-Received: by 2002:a05:6830:3c86:b0:7d7:5e74:f4d4 with SMTP id 46e09a7af769-7d78249e96emr763629a34.14.1773355590622; Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phoenix.local ([104.202.29.139]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 46e09a7af769-7d76ae68a4bsm5002422a34.19.2026.03.12.15.46.30 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:30 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 15:46:26 -0700 From: Stephen Hemminger To: Thomas Monjalon Cc: dev@dpdk.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] devtools: add Co-developed-by to commit log check Message-ID: <20260312154626.6b34e8af@phoenix.local> In-Reply-To: <3328846.5fSG56mABF@thomas> References: <20260312185403.1051832-1-stephen@networkplumber.org> <23032153.EfDdHjke4D@thomas> <20260312131039.6ec4ddf3@phoenix.local> <3328846.5fSG56mABF@thomas> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: dev@dpdk.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: DPDK patches and discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: dev-bounces@dpdk.org On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 21:27:01 +0100 Thomas Monjalon wrote: > 12/03/2026 21:10, Stephen Hemminger: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:56:25 +0100 > > Thomas Monjalon wrote: > > > > > 12/03/2026 19:54, Stephen Hemminger: > > > > Add Co-developed-by to the recognized tag pattern and tag > > > > sequence order in check-git-log.sh. > > > > > > Why using such tag? Signed-off-by is not enough? > > > > > > The tags were inherited from the kernel development process. > > > > Signed-off-by is the DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) attestation. > > It says "I certify that I have the right to submit this code under the project's license. > > > > Co-developed-by explicitly marks someone as a co-author of the patch. > > Without it, there's only one author recorded in the git metadata. > > > > I just wanted check-git-log.sh to be quiet if it was used. > > > > The Co-developed-by is new, and probably came about because some people > > need/want to have their contributions recorded in the git statistics. > > Silly corporate overlords count contributions and it matters to them... > > > > PS: If DPDK was exactly following the kernel process, every time a patch was merged into a sub-tree > > it would get a Signed-off-by from a maintainer. Because the maintainer is validating that > > the submitter had the correct rights. > > True, but in DPDK we use SoB as an author or co-author mark > and it is well in line with the DCO. > > I know that we had some exceptions asking for Co-developed-by > because of a corporate ask, and I am on the side of being flexible. > But making it a part of our official process could make things confused > I think. Agree. Want to allow developers to use Co-developed-by but not suggest it or document it as required. Some people seem to want to use it.