Hi Randy, On Fri, 11 Jul 2014 19:00:48 -0700 Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > It's not clear to me that Peter forgot it. > Someone else brought this up -- it seems to me that > Documentation/SubmittingPatches is a little too strong about needing > permission to use Reported-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. > > > Sure, if a problem was reported privately, then we need to have permission > to use Reported-by, but if it was reported in a public forum, that should be > implicit permission (IMHO). > > eh? Yes, indeed. Just to be clear, I hereby give my permission for the addition of Reported-by: tags with my email address for anything I report publically or privately. :-) -- Cheers, Stephen Rothwell sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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