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SubjectRe: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by
On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:30:10PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
> Hmm, and my experience is exclusively limited to contributing code to
> someone else's patches. Rather than dictate exact ordering, what about
> deferring to standard sign-off procedure?
>
> E.g.:
>
> A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
> along with the original author. This is useful at times when multiple people
> work on a single patch. Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by a
> Signed-off-by: of the co-author(s). As per standard sign-off procedure, the
> ordering of Co-developed-by:/Signed-off-by: pairs should reflect the patch's
> handling insofar as possible. Notably, the last Signed-off-by: must always be
> that of the developer submitting the patch, regardless of whether they are the
> original author or a co-author.

Yes, that makes sense.

Thanks,

tglx

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