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SubjectRe: Multiple patch authors
On 10/25/2012 07:36 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 07:32:36AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> I have also used:
>>
>> Originally-by:
>>
>> ... for a patch originally written by one person but then
>> extensively reworked to the point of not really being the same work.
>
> Yes, whatever wording we agree upon for the tag, it should be as general
> text as possible so that it fits the majority of multiple authorship
> cases.
>

Not necessarily. It is actually better to have more specific tags for
different situations.

There is a reason why tip-bot accepts any tag ending in -by: ...

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.



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