Re: [PATCH] docs: Explicitly state ordering requirements for Co-developed-by

[Jani Nikula]

On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Mar 2019, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 03:30:10PM +0200, Jani Nikula wrote:
>> Hmm, and my experience is exclusively limited to contributing code to
>> someone else's patches.  Rather than dictate exact ordering, what about
>> deferring to standard sign-off procedure?
>> 
>> E.g.:
>> 
>>   A Co-developed-by: states that the patch was also created by another developer
>>   along with the original author.  This is useful at times when multiple people
>>   work on a single patch.  Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by a
>>   Signed-off-by: of the co-author(s).  As per standard sign-off procedure, the
>>   ordering of Co-developed-by:/Signed-off-by: pairs should reflect the patch's
>>   handling insofar as possible.  Notably, the last Signed-off-by: must always be
>>   that of the developer submitting the patch, regardless of whether they are the
>>   original author or a co-author.
>
> Yes, that makes sense.

Agreed.

BR,
Jani.

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Jani Nikula, Intel Open Source Graphics Center