From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
To: Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>
Cc: haveblue@us.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Loops in the Signed-off-by process
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:51:39 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0410011350490.2403@ppc970.osdl.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041001134017.3f1c6d62.pj@sgi.com>
On Fri, 1 Oct 2004, Paul Jackson wrote:
>
> The protocol for adding an Acked-by line mystifies me a little.
>
> If I submit a patch after having a good discussion of it with
> Joe Blow, is it appropriate for me to add an Acked-by line for
> Joe on my own, or should I get his consent (or know him well
> enough to know he consents) or should I only so add if Joe
> asks me to?
The "acked-by" thing doesn't mean anything, so you should just use your
own judgement.
> In other words, does the presence of such a line commit Joe
> to any position on the patch, beyond perhaps not being too
> annoyed if he gets queries on it.
Nope. The annoyance factor is the only factor to take into account.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-01 21:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-01 19:25 Dave Hansen
2004-10-01 19:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-01 20:40 ` Paul Jackson
2004-10-01 20:51 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2004-10-01 21:11 ` alan
2004-10-01 22:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-10-01 21:36 ` alan
2004-10-02 17:29 ` Alan Cox
2004-10-02 17:40 ` alan
2004-10-03 1:04 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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