Messages in this thread | | | From | Arnd Bergmann <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] ARM: SoC: add a new platform, UniPhier (arch/arm/mach-uniphier) | Date | Wed, 13 May 2015 11:17:07 +0200 |
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On Wednesday 13 May 2015 11:32:34 Baruch Siach wrote: > Hi Arnd, > > On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 09:48:33AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote: > > For sending pull requests, it would be good to have a gpg key that > > is signed by other well-known kernel developers. If you have such > > a key, you can also request a kernel.org account to host a git tree > > there, or you can host a git tree somewhere on your company's domain. > > A public hosting service like github is not as good for us, but we > > can deal with it when you are still ramping up your infrastructure. > > Let me know if you need help finding kernel developers to sign your key. > > Is a pull request from a kernel.org repo trusted more than the key itself? In > other words, if I sign my pull request with a trusted key, why would the git > repo location make any difference?
The main advantage is higher confidence I have in your pull request if I don't look at the signature, because I can assume that someone else already did when you got your account.
Arnd
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