linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by

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Date:   Tue, 10 Jul 2018 07:33:46 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>,
        Yoshihiro Shimoda <yoshihiro.shimoda.uh@...esas.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Require author Signed-off-by

On Tue, 2018-07-10 at 14:10 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Print an error if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch
> author.
[]
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use POSIX;
>  use File::Basename;
>  use Cwd 'abs_path';
>  use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
> +use MIME::Words 'decode_mimewords';

Is this a typically installed perl module?
If so, what perl version installed it by default?