Re: [Qemu-devel] Fix build break during configuration on musl-libc based Linux systems.

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 17/02/2017 17:54, Chad Joan wrote:
> Regarding the signature: IIRC, setting up certificates on a machine
> using gpg can be quite time consuming and learning-intensive if you've
> never needed to do it before.  Having that example will go a long way to
> help with this.  There is still a possible pain-point: you might write
> one line of git code in the example, and it is easy for you due to your
> workflow, but it could be hours of fiddling for someone who has never
> done it before.  If I'm wrong, show me (the hypothetical reader) how
> easy it is ;)  If I'm right (and that would be unfortunate, in this
> case), then it might be helpful if you politely ask the reader to spend
> time X amount of time on it (establish accurate expectations) and then
> provide a link to the most helpful how-to article you can find on the
> subject.

GPG signing is not needed.  All you need is "git commit -s".

Adding "Signed-off-by: Chad Joan <chadjoan@gmail.com>" basically is a
way to tell us "I understand I'm contributing this under the GNU GPL or
a compatible license".  It's not a cryptographic signature.

Paolo