From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754077AbXJIRNP (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:13:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750797AbXJIRNA (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:13:00 -0400 Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]:16513 "EHLO rgminet01.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750934AbXJIRM7 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Oct 2007 13:12:59 -0400 Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:11:26 -0700 From: Randy Dunlap To: Jonathan Corbet Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Stefan Richter , Neil Brown Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags V2 Message-Id: <20071009101126.8b837436.randy.dunlap@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <32507.1191949182@lwn.net> References: <32507.1191949182@lwn.net> Organization: Oracle Linux Eng. X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.6 (GTK+ 2.8.10; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 10:59:42 -0600 Jonathan Corbet wrote: > Here's a new version of the patch-tags document. I've incorporated > comments from Randy Dunlap, Stefan Richter, and Neil Brown, though I > have retained, for now, the more verbose process discussion that Neil > didn't like. > > Comments? > > jon > > -- > > Document the tags used with kernel patches > > Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet > > diff --git a/Documentation/patch-tags b/Documentation/patch-tags > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..d955fa2 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/patch-tags > @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ > +Patches headed for the mainline may contain a variety of tags documenting > +who played a hand in (or was at least aware of) its progress. All of these s/its/their/ > +tags have the form: > + > + Something-done-by: Full name [optional random stuff] > + > +These tags are: > + [snip] > +Tested-by: The patch has been successfully tested (in some > + environment) by the person named. This tag informs > + maintainers that some testing has been performed and > + ensures credit for the testers. ?: and provides a means to locate testers for future patches. > + > + > +---- > + > +Reviewer's statement of oversight, v0.02 [snip] --- ~Randy