Re: Patch tags [was writeout stalls in current -git]

[Jonathan Corbet]

Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What's missing is a definition which of them are formal tags that must 
> be explicitely given (look at point 13 in SubmittingPatches).
> 
> Signed-off-by: and Reviewed-by: are the formal tags someone must have 
> explicitely given and that correspond to some statement.
> 
> OTOH, I can translate a "sounds fine" or "works for me" someone else 
> gave me into an Acked-by: resp. Tested-by: tag.

The discussion of the Cc: tag says:

	This is the only tag which might be added without an explicit
	action by the person it names.

I think that addresses your comment, no?  Certainly I wouldn't feel that
I could add any of the other tags to a patch I posted - that's the job
of the person named there.  

jon
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