From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mgamail.intel.com (mgamail.intel.com [192.198.163.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E0CB3135406; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:20:28 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713878430; cv=none; b=VLnfszoQ3YsLZJYiLYvWBW0jqqJR6mWiCLU7i38NdDVojfZIUoayUHCGoT3IfwnCF0YDKG8xMQHTkcldr81epLW7SSFpgSMVI+L1KX6wi2NxIotEUy6C7mTr++IR2J1VqNHkQgY1Sl1CiM87ocU6azQxQFRX0TVKeNLTZDnCPnk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1713878430; c=relaxed/simple; bh=KToQEQ24M4apaUsqhZmf6UywFUrFoJF7/2LXb/JJ6BA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version; b=LuJGYVPjtwrVE30WUnwsthSWesDVAlEJyJOV7GPs3LEQdDrl8zXSjP7TKNw0qxR2AE7Xr2rYi1At/o0oSnomjQX+FzLPVr7zM5uqmM/RMHHLX0EKtMfpmpI/m2S9JKmaa0LoAqz+JPGNqprZHl2mMrXt4pI2MbofDAsFfY3W1kQ= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b=JFDTD8K8; arc=none smtp.client-ip=192.198.163.17 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux.intel.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=intel.com header.i=@intel.com header.b="JFDTD8K8" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1713878429; x=1745414429; h=from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:in-reply-to: references:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding; bh=KToQEQ24M4apaUsqhZmf6UywFUrFoJF7/2LXb/JJ6BA=; b=JFDTD8K8trRSQ4l5Rbf43p/bGazoDkCXCJ3jdiZutN7jxQNYBNLHZ9oh nKXzdP8MhbsgKj1jiSjdBZ8SupYwJ8A2j2YcGFaJUQ+pRcbIYqQBT9a+H VO4SVekkNBzXbuaZbpBilwbajsRTD7ksLrnr+Cikfbo5Y2bGwvgsejaSb F/vZz1VC9+y0gBd1gM6WlOr2EO3ZCszcIA/GTzWRQCLobxVLDh1tuY31B ChIOI9gJEnnTr6lOmewmLEOlgKsCkwfTRAPJs0zm78PkOYB34GYCJLfCw GrhF/jcqseKvtfcUFKXaKkmQRoO6of7/njRc2u68MV+vGcZ5HxdQjgP47 g==; X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: 1yETo01GRdm7CbcDpnjisQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 0LiSeurnS5C2Oqe/pNWZmg== X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6600,9927,11053"; a="9325267" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.07,222,1708416000"; d="scan'208";a="9325267" Received: from orviesa006.jf.intel.com ([10.64.159.146]) by fmvoesa111.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 23 Apr 2024 06:20:28 -0700 X-CSE-ConnectionGUID: tNH0OMm+QhWOAfxLmDqJbQ== X-CSE-MsgGUID: 7GDFmkHgSGK6ct/B1OvD0w== X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="6.07,222,1708416000"; d="scan'208";a="24815699" Received: from black.fi.intel.com ([10.237.72.28]) by orviesa006.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 23 Apr 2024 06:20:26 -0700 Received: by black.fi.intel.com (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 41E811C5; Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:20:25 +0300 (EEST) From: Andy Shevchenko To: Andy Shevchenko , workflows@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Jonathan Corbet Subject: [PATCH v1 1/2] Documentation: process: Avoid unneeded Cc: tags Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 16:19:37 +0300 Message-ID: <20240423132024.2368662-2-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0.rc1.1336.g36b5255a03ac In-Reply-To: <20240423132024.2368662-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> References: <20240423132024.2368662-1-andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Add a note that explains that Cc: email header is implied by other tags, such as Reviewed-by:. In this case an explicit Cc: is _not_ needed. Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko --- Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 4 +++- Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst index de4edd42d5c0..90a7fe2a85f2 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst @@ -267,7 +267,9 @@ The tags in common use are: being reported. - Cc: the named person received a copy of the patch and had the - opportunity to comment on it. + opportunity to comment on it. Note that other formal tags are automatically + converted to the ``Cc:`` email header and you do not need to have an + explicit Cc: tag, if the person is already mentioned by another tag. Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches, as only Cc: is appropriate for addition without the explicit permission of the person named; using diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst index 66029999b587..6775f0698136 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst @@ -486,7 +486,10 @@ provided such comments, you may optionally add a ``Cc:`` tag to the patch. This is the only tag which might be added without an explicit action by the person it names - but it should indicate that this person was copied on the patch. This tag documents that potentially interested parties -have been included in the discussion. +have been included in the discussion. Note that other formal tags are +automatically converted to the Cc: email header and you do not need to +have an explicit ``Cc:`` tag, if the person is already mentioned by another +tag. Co-developed-by: states that the patch was co-created by multiple developers; it is used to give attribution to co-authors (in addition to the author -- 2.43.0.rc1.1336.g36b5255a03ac