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From: Frank Rowand <frank.rowand@am.sony.com>
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To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
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Subject: Re: acked-by meaning
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On 11/11/12 19:47, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 11/11/2012 05:40 PM, Thiago Farina wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> What is the meaning of 'Acked-by:' line? Is the same of LGTM? How it
>> differs from 'Reviewed-by:'?
> 

> Reviewed-by: is stronger than Acked-by:.
> If someone replies with Reviewed-by, they also accept some
> responsibility for fixing any problems that the patch might
> introduce after it is merged.

I haven't found a "responsibility for fixing any problems" in the
references provided below.  Can you help me out by pointing
to a specific sentence or another reference?

> Acked-by just means agreement with the patch.
> 
>> If someone acks a patch (can anybody acks or just the maintainer?),
>> does it mean that he will also apply the patch to his tree?
> 
> 
> Anybody can reply to a patch with Acked-by.
> No, it doesn't mean that the replying/acking person will apply
> the patch to any tree.
> 
> 
> Have you read what Documentation/SubmittingPatches and
> Documentation/development-process/5.Posting and 6.Followthrough
> say about Acked-by?

Thanks...

-Frank