Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:58:27 -0400 Jason Cooper wrote: > At the risk of upsetting the apple cart, I'd prefer we downplay anything > that walks down the path of gamification (by focusing on credit). > > As best anyone has ever explained it to me, the Acked-by, Reviewed-by, > etc are there to

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jason Cooper
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 09:04:51AM -0400, Jonathan Corbet wrote: > On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:30:01 +0300 > Dan Carpenter wrote: > > > -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a > > -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please > > -note

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:30:01 +0300 Dan Carpenter wrote: > -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a > -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please > -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's permission, >

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:30:01 +0300 Dan Carpenter dan.carpen...@oracle.com wrote: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution. Please -note that this tag should not be added without the reporter's

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jason Cooper
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 09:04:51AM -0400, Jonathan Corbet wrote: On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 12:30:01 +0300 Dan Carpenter dan.carpen...@oracle.com wrote: -If this patch fixes a problem reported by somebody else, consider adding a -Reported-by: tag to credit the reporter for their contribution.

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-10-28 Thread Jonathan Corbet
On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:58:27 -0400 Jason Cooper ja...@lakedaemon.net wrote: At the risk of upsetting the apple cart, I'd prefer we downplay anything that walks down the path of gamification (by focusing on credit). As best anyone has ever explained it to me, the Acked-by, Reviewed-by, etc

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 02/14/2014 01:30 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that's > only if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to > always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter

[patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Carpenter
The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that's only if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches

[patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-02-14 Thread Dan Carpenter
The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that's only if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter dan.carpen...@oracle.com diff --git

Re: [patch] Documentation/SubmittingPatches: Reported-by tags and permission

2014-02-14 Thread Randy Dunlap
On 02/14/2014 01:30 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that's only if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter