Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: PSA: Do not use "Reported-By" without reporter's approval | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 22 May 2019 12:45:06 -0700 |
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On Wed, 2019-05-22 at 15:30 -0400, Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote: > Hello, all: > > It is common courtesy to include this tagline when submitting patches: > > Reported-By: J. Doe <jdoe@example.com> > > Please ask the reporter's permission before doing so (even if they'd > submitted a public bugzilla report or sent a report to the mailing > list).
I disagree with this.
If the report is public, and lists like vger are public, then using a Reported-by: and/or a Link: are simply useful history and tracking information.
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