Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by:

Krzysztof Halasa
2007-06-01T19:27:17Z

"John Anthony Kazos Jr." <jakj@j-a-k-j.com> writes:

> Indeed. Acked-by: implies authority, and only very few people should be
> able to do it. Namely, the only person who can ACK a patch is a person who
> could also NACK a patch and expect it to actually be dropped. If I think a
> patch is bad, I can say so, but as I have no authority, my statement would
> be taken on merit alone, whereas Linus or Andrew or such could just NACK
> it and move on without having to spew a blurb every time.

Everyone always has some authority so everyone can ack or nack any
patch and I hope the action taken will always depend on merit
rather than person, especially if it's a technical issue and not
some style etc. thing.
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Krzysztof Halasa