From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Dan Carpenter Subject: Re: [PATCH] SubmittingPatches: clarify SOB tag usage when evolving submissions Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:23:01 +0300 Message-ID: <20120815082301.GA1359@mwanda> References: <1344545493-6820-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: torvalds@linux-foundation.org, rdunlap@xenotime.net, tytso@mit.edu, alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1344545493-6820-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org I think it would be nice to have another tag for people who fix bugs in the original patch. The Reviewed-by tag implies approval of the whole patch and anyway reviewers don't normally comment unless they see a bug. Maybe something like: Contributor: Your Name So the tags for developers would be: Signed-off-by: The patch went through you. Legal responsibility. Acked-by: You know what you are talking about and approve. Reviewed-by: You reviewed the patch and approve. Contributor: You noticed or fixed a bug in the patch. regards, dan carpenter