From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265027AbUEYSOo (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 14:14:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265022AbUEYSM3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 14:12:29 -0400 Received: from mtvcafw.SGI.COM ([192.48.171.6]:35807 "EHLO omx2.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265023AbUEYSMO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 May 2004 14:12:14 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 11:11:20 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Daniel Phillips Cc: torvalds@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFD] Explicitly documenting patch submission Message-Id: <20040525111120.0c505a68.pj@sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <200405250232.29103.phillips@arcor.de> References: <200405250232.29103.phillips@arcor.de> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.8 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Daniel asked: > Does that mean that when the submission arrives at your end it's supposed to > have a whole list of Signed-off-bys, one for each person who handled the > patch? I can't speak for the Big Penguin, but I'd guess it should have "a whole list." In general, sign-off's aren't removed, just added. One exception might be some corporate release manager, whose duties include disguising internal company employee names behind some official corporate "BettyCrocker@GeneralMills.com" pseudonym. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373