Re: [PATCH v1] watchdog: meson: keep running if already active

[Jerome Brunet]

On Wed 06 Jul 2022 at 09:43, Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 03:24:27PM +0200, Jerome Brunet wrote:
>> 
> [ ... ]
>
>> 
>> No worries. That being said, I have gone over 
>> 
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst
>> 
>> It just says that Reviewed-by sent on the list should be collected for
>> the following version. Nothing against adding the tag if the job has
>> been done, on or off list. Same goes for Suggested-by, Tested-by, etc.
>> 
>> If I missed something or it is non-written rule, please let me know.
>
> Your interpretation is quite a strict one. I don't think there is a rule
> that states that tags not sent to a list must not be collected.
>
> Anyway, I would have called it common sense, especially since it does
> happen that someone accidentally hits "reply" instead of "reply all"
> and replies end up not being sent to the list. If you expect me to dig
> through e-mail headers to determine if you meant your tags to be published
> or not, sorry, that won't happen. Do not send me e-mails with any tags
> unless you accept that they may be published.
>
> Guenter

Exactly. Not expecting anything. I'm 100% aligned with you.
Maybe this is where is misunderstanding is.

The Reviewed-by was there when Philippe sent his mail.
I was meant to be there and taken. Plain and simple.
No other expectation whatsoever.

I'm not asking for the tag to dropped, quite the opposite actually.