On Mon, Jan 9, 2023 at 11:47 PM Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Per Documentation/process/maintainer-tip.rst, the "Reported-by" tag does > require "Name <mailaddress>" format. Given we already have the GitHub > issue link, I wonder whether it's better we ask for the reporter's > email address (and real name) for the "Reported-by" field, and if they > prefer to not providing one, we just don't use the "Reported-by" tag > since we still have the GitHub issue link for their contribution. > > Thoughts? As far as I understand, that is for the tip tree (though `checkpatch.pl` complained too), and I am not sure in that guide they intend it to mean it is the only form accepted. In this case, I ended up deciding to add it since it was not a Signed-off-by/Reviewed-by/Acked-by (so not as critical, i.e. no DCO/RSO/...) and there are quite a few other instances, including different CIs and tools, raw emails, security teams, etc. So it doesn't look like it is required to be a "real name" like some of the other tags, and sometimes we may need to do otherwise anyway (for those cases), and I guess we don't want to discourage reports too much. Perhaps we can, at least, ask for an email address -- that is way more common in the log, and gives us a potential way to contact people and send the patches to. In any case, I agree we should prefer the "real name" way as much as possible. I had sent a message to each GitHub issue/PR linking back to the patches, but I will send another to offer them to use their real name if they prefer. Thanks for taking a look! :) Cheers, Miguel
