Re: [git pull] drm

Stephane Marchesin
2009-12-11T10:02:31Z

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 00:58, Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
>> But not only is Fedora not following the rules,
>
> You changed the rules. You require a Signed-off-by:. Fedora can no more
> add a signed off by than you can. It's not their code nor Red Hat's code
> any more than they "own" the kernel because they pay someone to work on
> it.
>
>> See above. It's not you. It's Fedora. If Fedora hadn't merged Nouveau and
>> shipped it, I wouldn't care.
>
> And zillions of Nvidia users would have been worse off.
>
> It's really simple: if you want to merge it *you* pull it and sign it off.
> If you aren't prepared to do that then ask why Fedora should, its not
> their code either.
>

So what, if someone outside RedHat is ok to sign it off, it can go
into staging? If it's that simple I don't mind signing it off
(including the dubious bits), I can take the blame if that helps
things move forward.

Stephane