On 02/14/2014 01:30 AM, Dan Carpenter wrote: > The reported-by text says you have to ask for permission, but that's > only if the bug was reported in private. These days the standard is to > always give reported-by credit or it's considered a bit rude. > > Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Thanks. > diff --git a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > index 26b1e31d5a13..f72ce7803b71 100644 > --- a/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > +++ b/Documentation/SubmittingPatches > @@ -432,12 +432,9 @@ have been included in the discussion > > 14) Using Reported-by:, Tested-by:, Reviewed-by: and Suggested-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. > +The Reported-by tag is to give credit to people who find bugs and report them. > +Please note that if the bug was reported in private, then ask for permission > +first before using the Reported-by tag. > > A Tested-by: tag indicates that the patch has been successfully tested (in > some environment) by the person named. This tag informs maintainers that > -- -- ~Randy -- 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
