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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	jgg@mellanox.com, Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>,
	Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@renesas.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2018 00:08:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180710220803.GA6387@amd> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMuHMdVZae7Nb-Nr=f1uJD9ASxaio0Ob-5__FHzN=gEp9MSc+g@mail.gmail.com>

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On Tue 2018-07-10 22:50:14, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Hi Pavel,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2018 at 10:47 PM Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> wrote:
> > > Print an error if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch
> > > author.
> >
> > Is it good idea? Signed-off-by system was _not_ meant to prevent
> > submission of third party patches.
> 
> My main motivation is catching accidentally forgotten Sobs.
> It's still up to you to submit or accept a patch that triggers
> checkpatch errors.

Should it be at warning level, then, or explicitely saying this is
okay if you are not patch author?
									Pavel
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  reply	other threads:[~2018-07-10 22:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-07-10 12:10 [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-07-10 14:33 ` Joe Perches
2018-07-10 15:07   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-07-10 15:27     ` Joe Perches
2018-07-10 15:50       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-07-10 16:22         ` Joe Perches
2018-07-10 20:47 ` Pavel Machek
2018-07-10 20:50   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2018-07-10 22:08     ` Pavel Machek [this message]
2018-07-10 23:46       ` Joe Perches

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