Mentioned the Suggested-by: tag in 5.Posting.rst in a way similar to
submitting-patches.rst, which according to the header of the latter is
the less detailed document of the two.
Signed-off-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
index b3eff03ea2491c..dbb763a8de901d 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/5.Posting.rst
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ The tags in common use are:
can be used instead of Closes: if the patch fixes a part of the issue(s)
being reported.
+ - A Suggested-by: tag indicates that the patch idea is suggested by the person
+ named and ensures credit to the person for the idea. This will, hopefully,
+ inspire them to help us again in the future.
+
- Cc: the named person received a copy of the patch and had the
opportunity to comment on it.
--
2.45.0
