Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 15 Jan 2009 15:59:05 -0700 | From | Jonathan Corbet <> | Subject | Re: Reported-by (Re: Fix a typo in the development process document.) |
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2009 15:15:35 -0800 Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> wrote:
> BTW, Jon, if Reported-by: is supposed to have a status that is > (nearly) as well accepted as most of the other tags, then it should > be documented in SubmittingPatches along with the other tags and not > only in development-process/5.Posting, no?
Yes, it probably should. How's the following? I'll drop it into my docs tree if nobody gripes.
jon
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Document Reported-by: in SubmittingPatches
Reported-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index f309d3c..6f29e29 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -405,7 +405,14 @@ person it names. This tag documents that potentially interested parties have been included in the discussion -14) Using Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: +14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: + +If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a +Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please +note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, +especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, +if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be +inspired to help us again in the future. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that
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