linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by:

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Message-ID: <465FB862.207@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 31 May 2007 23:10:42 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] document Acked-by:

Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Thu, 31 May 2007 19:09:10 PDT, akpm@...ux-foundation.org said:
> 
>> +If a person was not directly involved in the preparation or handling of a
>> +patch but wishes to signify and record their approval of it then they can
>> +arrange to have an Acked-by: line added to the patch's changelog.
>> +
>> +Acked-by: is often used by the maintainer of the affected code when that
>> +maintainer neither wrote, merged nor forwarded the patch themselves.
> 
> Do we want to add verbiage saying that an Acked-By: is also useful when it
> comes from somebody (likely the original reporter) who has actually tested the
> patch?

I'd rather see a Tested-By: for that.

There is a difference between a maintainer ack and a tester ok.

	-hpa
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