Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:41:18 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Multiple patch authors |
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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
-- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.
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