On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 1:30 AM, Diego Biurrun <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 03:05:14PM +0000, Ronald S. Bultje wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Luca Barbato <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > On 4/26/11 4:47 PM, Diego Biurrun wrote:
>> >> I am confused whether or not I should signoff patches and/or signoff
>> >> my own patches.  Currently we have a mix of both taking place.
>> >> What's the best way to proceed?
>> >
>> > I'd singoff only the patches from others you push and not signoff your own
>> > patches.
>>
>> +1.
>>
>> If you sign off your own patches, you're essentially saying you can't
>> trust your own patches.
>
> I thought it could be interpreted as a chain of trust kind of thing.
> I think it is used that way in the Linux kernel.  AFAIK all patch
> submitters sign off their own patches there.

That's right.

> I don't particularly care which way we handle it, but this seemed
> worth pointing out...

I prefer to always s-o-b patches.

Think of this scenario; a person sends a patch, it is modified by
somebody else, and then applied. Did the original author agree to
those changes? If the s-o-b is there, yes, otherwise not. If you don't
s-o-b all the patches, you wouldn't know.

-- 
Felipe Contreras
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