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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
To: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>, Paul Bolle <pebolle@tiscali.nl>,
	devel@driverdev.osuosl.org,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: [patch v2] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission
Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 13:01:36 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20141029100136.GA14718@mwanda> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20141028090451.41ed6aad@lwn.net>

The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that
should only be if the bug was reported in private.  These days the
standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit
rude.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>

diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
index 482c749..1fa1caa 100644
--- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
+++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches
@@ -483,12 +483,10 @@ have been included in the discussion
 
 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by:, Suggested-by: and Fixes:
 
-If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a
-Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution.  Please
-note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission,
-especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum.  That said,
-if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be
-inspired to help us again in the future.
+The Reported-by tag gives credit to people who find bugs and report them and it
+hopefully inspires them to help us again in the future.  Please note that if
+the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission first before using the
+Reported-by tag.
 
 A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in
 some environment) by the person named.  This tag informs maintainers that

  parent reply	other threads:[~2014-10-29 10:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-02-11 12:31 [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: default to "y" in Kconfig Paul Bolle
2014-02-11 12:53 ` Dan Carpenter
2014-02-11 13:01   ` Paul Bolle
2014-02-11 13:17     ` Dan Carpenter
2014-02-13 23:22       ` Paul Bolle
2014-02-14  9:30         ` [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission Dan Carpenter
2014-02-14 23:34           ` Randy Dunlap
2014-10-28 13:04           ` Jonathan Corbet
2014-10-28 16:58             ` Jason Cooper
2014-10-28 17:41               ` Jonathan Corbet
2014-10-29 10:01             ` Dan Carpenter [this message]
2014-10-29 12:57               ` [patch v2] " Jonathan Corbet
2014-10-29 15:50               ` Rob Landley
2014-02-12  0:09 ` [PATCH] staging: r8188eu: default to "y" in Kconfig Martin Walch
2014-02-12  0:25   ` Paul Bolle
2014-02-12  0:37     ` Paul Bolle

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