Re: [PATCH 2/2] docs: stable-kernel-rules: remind reader about DCO

Shung-Hsi Yu
2024-06-15T01:57:39Z

On Thu, Jun 06, 2024 at 09:21:39AM GMT, Paul Barker wrote:
> On 06/06/2024 07:43, Shung-Hsi Yu wrote:
> > When sending patch authored by someone else to stable, it is quite easy for
> > the sender to forget adding the Developer's Certification of Origin (DCO,
> > i.e. Signed-off-by). Mention DCO explicilty so senders are less likely to
>
> s/explicilty/explicitly/
>
> > forget to do so and cause another round-trip.
> >
> > Add a label in submitting-patches.rst so we can directly link to the DCO
> > section.
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/stable/2024051500-underage-unfixed-5d28@gregkh/
>
> Is "Link:" right here? I'd prefer to see something like "For example see
> ..." added to the first paragraph so it's explicit that this is a link
> to an example of this issue.

Thanks for the feedback. Yes that is better. Will clarify that, fix
typo, and slighly edit patch 1 as suggested.

Shung-Hsi