On Wed, Jun 18 2014, Yang,Wei wrote: > On 06/17/2014 10:18 PM, Alan Stern wrote: >> That is a strange question to ask. If you did not know that I approved >> the patch, why did you insert my Acked-By:? > I added your Acked-By, as when you reviewed V3, you mentioned that I > *may* add your Acked-by in this patch. If I misunderstood your point, I > am so sorry for that. Alan's point is that if you have any doubts whether someone approves your patch you should *not* add their Acked-by. So adding someone's Acked-by and then asking if they are fine with the patch is contradictory -- the former indicates that you believe the person is fine with the patch, while the latter shows that you aren't. Alan wrote: >>> With that change, you may add >>> >>> Acked-by: Alan Stern <stern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> so after adding “that change” you are in your right to add Alan's Acked-by, but what that also means is that Alan will be fine with the patch if you make the requested change, so you don't need to ask for an opinion again. PS. Note that “having any doubts” also means that if someone gave you their Acked-by, but then you substantially rewrite the patch, you probably should consider removing their Acked-by. -- Best regards, _ _ .o. | Liege of Serenely Enlightened Majesty of o' \,=./ `o ..o | Computer Science, Michał “mina86” Nazarewicz (o o) ooo +--<mpn@xxxxxxxxxx>--<xmpp:mina86@xxxxxxxxxx>--ooO--(_)--Ooo-- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-usb" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html