Re: RFC: reviewer's statement of oversight

H. Peter Anvin
2007-10-08T20:34:17Z

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>
>> Acked-by:
>> Tested-by:
>
> * Used by random people to express their (dis)like/experience with the
> patch.
>
>> Reviewed-by:
>
> * I am maintaner or an 'important' person and have had a
> look at it in depth
>

Uhm, no. There is no reason an "unimportant" person couldn't review a
patch, and therefore perform a potentially highly valuable service to
the maintainer.

None of these are indicative of the authority of the person acking,
reviewing, testing, or nacking. That's only as good as the trust in the
person signing.

-hpa