Hello,
On 2024-11-06 07:28, Dragan Simic wrote:
Add the description of the intended use of Helped-by tags, which give
credit
to the persons who assisted the patch authors in a way that didn't
actually
contribute to the patch directly, i.e. at the source-code level.
Suggested-by: Chen-Yu Tsai <wens@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dragan Simic <dsimic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
index 382c49659cb9..d0d12536ab68 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
@@ -452,8 +452,8 @@ as it was propagated to the maintainers and
ultimately to Linus, with
the first SoB entry signalling primary authorship of a single author.
-When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, and Co-developed-by:
-------------------------------------------------
+When to use Acked-by:, Cc:, Co-developed-by:, and Helped-by
+-----------------------------------------------------------
Oh, now I see that I've missed a colon after Helped-by in the section
title above. :/ Would you like me to send a v3 with the fix, or do you
prefer to fix it by hand before applying the patch?
The Signed-off-by: tag indicates that the signer was involved in the
development of the patch, or that he/she was in the patch's delivery
path.
@@ -495,6 +495,14 @@ chronological history of the patch insofar as
possible, regardless of whether
the author is attributed via From: or Co-developed-by:. Notably, the
last
Signed-off-by: must always be that of the developer submitting the
patch.
+Helped-by: gives attribution to the persons that helped the patch
authors
+in a way that didn't directly produce the patch itself. For example,
someone
+may provide significant assistance to the authors by researching the
schematic
+of a device that the patch addresses, or by providing the patch
authors with
+some background information required to develop the patch, while
contributing
+no actual source code. As a result of no direct patch authorship, no
+Signed-off-by: tags are needed together with Helped-by: tags.
+
Note, the From: tag is optional when the From: author is also the
person (and
email) listed in the From: line of the email header.
