From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758219AbYEMQgg (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2008 12:36:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755873AbYEMQg2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2008 12:36:28 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:52715 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755752AbYEMQg2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 May 2008 12:36:28 -0400 Message-ID: <4829C383.2090906@garzik.org> Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 12:36:19 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Andi Kleen , David Miller , corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters References: <4388.1210613272@vena.lwn.net> <20080512192019.6684f719@core> <20080512.135222.266402730.davem@davemloft.net> <20080512220834.4449c2d4@core> <87iqxisciu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <20080513115009.61d8ad39@core> In-Reply-To: <20080513115009.61d8ad39@core> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.4 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.2.4 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.4 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Alan Cox wrote: >> Those would just default to not being credited. Where is the problem? > > We need to be sure that people understand that when submitting patches > they must not put Discovered-by: lines in without asking. This is > essentially a documentation matter which is why I directed the original > reply to Jonathan. I tend to put the credit in the patch description text, /without/ an email address by default, since I don't feel as comfortable stamping users' email addresses into the kernel changelog without their permission, and (I'm lazy) asking permission is another email round-trip. So my format is blah blah blah patch description blah blah blah blah blah blah patch description blah blah blah blah blah blah patch description blah blah blah Bug found by Lucifer Smith. Signed-off-by: Tejun Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik Regards, Jeff