Re: [PATCH] Documentation/patch-tags, one more time

[Neil Brown]

On Sunday February 17, pj@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Neil responding to Linus:
> > > "From:" is not a tag. It's a special marker at the *top*
> >
> > You may be right, but when I email patches to akpm
> 
> Linus wasn't saying you don't need a 'From:' line in this case (as the
> *top* line of patches you didn't author).  He's saying it's not an
> instance of the type "tag" line, such as the "Signed-off-by:" line that
> go after the patch explanation.  The "From:" line is a different kind
> of line, with different rules and position.

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck.....

When Linus used "From" "Subject" and "Date" together in the context of
"mail", it sounded a lot like he was talking about the headers section
of a standard mail item.  I guess he wasn't.

I don't really care if "From:" gets called a 'tag' or what, but given
that it is an important piece of metadata associated with a patch, it
seems good to document it in the same place as other important pieces
of metadata that are associated with patches.

NeilBrown

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