On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 9:40 PM Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: ... > PS. I'm not fussy about Cc. But I generally avoid listing anybody who > will be automatically copied by virtue of any *-by: tags. > > I tend to use Cc as an indicator that this entity needs to act upon the > patch in question. Ack, review, test, respond to comments, or merge in > case of stable@. And nobody asks to remove them! The only outcome of what I see is beneficial, i.e. cleaning up the commit message. Everything else will work as expected, e.g., all listed people will be informed as you want to. > If a person listed in Cc subsequently responds with a tag, their name > may be listed more than once in the commit description. But I view that > as documentation that the person whose feedback was requested actually > responded. That's useful information as far as I'm concerned... Again, feel free to have a duplicate, but please do it after --- line. -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko