Hi, On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 01:15:09PM +0100, Uwe Hermann wrote: > OK, how about this procedure (I don't really care anymore whether > it's compatible with the way it works in Linux, it should only be > legally "bullet-proof"): > > * Everyone who creates or modifies a patch adds his Signed-off-by. > > * The person who finally commits the patch adds his/her > Signed-off-by, too (if it's not already there anyway). > > * The Acked-by is completely separated from that. You send an Acked-by > when you think this patch can be committed. > You don't have to modify a patch for an Acked-by, you can just send > it to say "I think this patch is ok". > > * If a certain version of a patch received two Acked-by's by two > different people, it can be committed. > Ergo, every commit message will have 1 or more Signed-off-by lines which > build a "chain of trust" for legal reasons, _and_ it will have 2 or more > Acked-by lines which enforce our review process. > > * The Acked-by's must be for exactly the same version of the patch. > Acked-by's for previous versions of the patch are meaningless, they > are not added to the commit message, only those for the exact > incarnation of the patch which gets committed. > > * So yes, it is possible to post > > - A patch with only a Sign-off-by: > You modified the code, but don't want it to be committed, yet. > - A patch with a Signed-off-by and an Acked-by: > You modified the patch and you think it can be commited. > - An email with just an Acked-by: > You didn't touch the patch at all, but you think it can be committed.
No comments, no objections? Shall I update the wiki with this procedure and shall we use it from now on? I.e., you sign-off everything you touch or apply, you can ack your own patches, and any commit must get at least to acks (e.g. yours and that of one further developer). Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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