The current text of SubmittingPatches recommends asking permission before using "Reported-By:" even when the report was made to a public forum. This patch updates the text to better reflect the current convention of including the tag when the report was public. Signed-off-by: Ed Cashin <ecashin@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Documentation/SubmittingPatches | 12 ++++++------ 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches index c379a2a..d30b692 100644 --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches @@ -423,12 +423,12 @@ have been included in the discussion 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by: and Reviewed-by: -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, -especially if the problem was not reported in a public forum. That said, -if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they will, hopefully, be -inspired to help us again in the future. +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 unless the problem was reported in a public +forum. That said, if we diligently credit our bug reporters, they +will, hopefully, be inspired to help us again in the future. A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that -- 1.7.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
