linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/29] Staging: Add yaffs2 filesystem

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Date:	Mon, 1 Nov 2010 13:13:27 -0700
From:	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>
To:	Tracey Dent <tdent48227@...il.com>
Cc:	Charles Manning <manningc2@...rix.gen.nz>,
	David Daney <ddaney@...iumnetworks.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/29] Staging: Add yaffs2 filesystem

On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 03:36:13PM -0400, Tracey Dent wrote:
> On 11/1/10, Charles Manning <manningc2@...rix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 02 November 2010 08:24:42 David Daney wrote:
> >> On 11/01/2010 12:14 PM, Charles Manning wrote:
> >> > On Tuesday 02 November 2010 07:55:39 David Daney wrote:
> >> >> On 11/01/2010 11:40 AM, Tracey Dent wrote:
> >> >>> The patch sets puts the yaffs2 filesystem in the staging directory.
> >> >>> It is all based on Charles git
> >> >>> tree(http://github.com/cdhmanning/linux-yaffs-integration/).
> >> >>> Everything
> >> >>> is compile tested and it builds.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This only the inital support and I will be sending more cleanup
> >> >>> patches.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Greg can you add the patch set into your staging-next tree.
> >> >>> Also, It doesn't affect anything other than itself.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Tracey Dent
> >> >>
> >> >> I am confused.
> >> >>
> >> >> Are you and Charles Manning working together on this?
> >> >>
> >> >> Did you write all this code or did Charles?  If it was Charles, why are
> >> >> there no From: and Signed-off-by headers for him?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks in advance for enlightening us as to what is going on here,
> >> >> David Daney
> >> >
> >> > We are not working together on this, but I do appreciate the effort in
> >> > helping bring to a head what people like/dislike.
> >> >
> >> > I am trying to keep the kernel yaffs consistent with the yaffs.net yaffs
> >> > so that it is easier to add changes from yaffs.net.
> >>
> >> Great.  Thanks for clearing things up.
> >>
> >> I will offer my unsolicited opinion:
> >>
> >> Charles has obviously expended great effort on yaffs2.  He has a git
> >> repository hosting the code, and has expressed a desire to get the code
> >> fit for merging.  For Tracey Dent to come along and hijack the entire
> >> effort, would anger me if I were in Charles' place.
> >
> > I don't see any malicious intent from Tracey, but I do wish to see some
> > recognition for 8+ years of effort :-).
> >
> 
> I can resend it with your signed-off-by line instead of mine.

You need to properly credit _who_ did the code in the first place.  And
your patches did not do that at all, which is very bad, and rude, and
something that we care deeply about.

Please read the file, Documentation/SubmittingPatches for how to
properly attribute the author of the patch when you send it out.

I'm not going to take this as-is because of this problem, and neither
will any other maintainer.  Someone can resend it with the proper author
and signed-off-by stuff and I'll be glad to look at it again then.

thanks,

greg k-h
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