From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757782AbYELUwh (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 16:52:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752804AbYELUw2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 16:52:28 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:54276 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751771AbYELUw1 (ORCPT ); Mon, 12 May 2008 16:52:27 -0400 Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 13:52:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20080512.135222.266402730.davem@davemloft.net> To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Cc: corbet@lwn.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Tracking and crediting bug reporters From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20080512192019.6684f719@core> References: <4388.1210613272@vena.lwn.net> <20080512192019.6684f719@core> X-Mailer: Mew version 5.2 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Alan Cox Date: Mon, 12 May 2008 19:20:19 +0100 > > If the rest of the community is agreeable, it would be nice to make an > > immediate start on this; it's not yet too late to get reasonable data for > > the 2.6.26 kernel, and to have the habits well ingrained for 2.6.27. > > > > Thoughts? > > I cannot add a tag with a third party personal information upon it > without their permission nor can anyone else in a part of the world with > any vaguely resembling privacy laws. So we need to document that it is > added with permission of the reporter only. This is why I personally do not accept private bug reports or kernel questions, I always direct them to post to the appropriate public mailing list and CC: me if appropriate. That solves the whole "privacy" issue quite neatly.