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| author | Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info> | 2022-09-28 15:39:40 +0200 |
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| committer | Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net> | 2022-09-29 13:11:07 -0600 |
| commit | 2f993509a97ed210ed0ada9198d380885265fa0b (patch) | |
| tree | 0fea5e21eae01a921fa9186b4cb359ae09bbe50e /Documentation/process | |
| parent | e94102e5067591aa713e623d7d1226f07d4431cf (diff) | |
| download | linux-2f993509a97ed210ed0ada9198d380885265fa0b.tar.bz2 | |
docs: process/5.Posting.rst: clarify use of Reported-by: tag
Bring the description on when to use the Reported-by: tag found in
Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst more in line with the description in
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst: before this change the two
were contradicting each other, as the latter is way more permissive and
only states '[...] if the bug was reported in private, then ask for
permission first before using the Reported-by tag.'
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@leemhuis.info>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/2fc7162dfb76e04da5ea903c9c170d913e735dad.1664372256.git.linux@leemhuis.info
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/process')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst index 906235c11c24..d87f1fee4cbc 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst @@ -256,8 +256,10 @@ The tags in common use are: - Cc: the named person received a copy of the patch and had the opportunity to comment on it. -Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches: only Cc: is appropriate -for addition without the explicit permission of the person named. +Be careful in the addition of tags to your patches, as only Cc: is appropriate +for addition without the explicit permission of the person named; using +Reported-by: is fine most of the time as well, but ask for permission if +the bug was reported in private. Sending the patch |